Mine detail: Lake Point Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.6905, -112.24469

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver, Iron, Arsenic
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Realgar
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Oquirrh
Host type:Quartzite,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:Sevier Orogenic Belt, Faults And Folds
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Dolomitization, And Silicification

References

MRDSD008630
DEP10012757
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF . PAPER III, 672 P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1935, MINOR COPPER- PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN UTAH: COPPER RES. OF THE WORLD: 16TH INTER. GEOL. CONG., P. 369}{Deposit:: EMMONS, S.F., 1905, AN INTRODUCTION ON GENERAL GEOLOGY: USGS PROF. PAPER 38, P. 19-28}{Deposit:: STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.}
ReporterMohammad, Hasan