Mine detail: Tuscarora Tunnel

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

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.58438, -111.59689
dep_id: 10014869
mrds_id: D011937
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Sericitization
conc_proc: Precipitation From Hydrothermal Solutions In Fissure
ore_ctrl: Fissure
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
arock_unit: Alta Stock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline, Southwest Striking Vein
tectonic: Eastern Basin And Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • 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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