Mine detail: Tuscarora Tunnel

Previously called 'Mountain Lake GroupTuscarora Chief ProspectGreat Western Mines Co'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.58438, -111.59689

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Associated rock:Alta Stock
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline, Southwest Striking Vein
Tectonic:Eastern Basin And Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
Alteration processes:Sericitization

References

MRDSD011937
DEP10014869
Reference{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.}{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.}{Deposit:: BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534}
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