Mine detail: Black Balsam Prospect

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.95689, -111.75106
dep_id: 10012795
mrds_id: D008730
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Farmington Canyon Camplex
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Wasatch Fault
tectonic: Wasatch Front
References:
  • Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL. 110.
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS PROF. PA. 111.
  • Deposit:: LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1918, TWO LAMPROPHYRE DIKES NEAR SANTAQUIN AND MOUNT NEBO, UT.: USGS PROF. PA. 120-E.
  • Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.
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