Mine detail: Davenport Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.59911, -111.61995

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Galena, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1870
Last production ended:	1873

Geology

Host rock:	Maxfield Limestone;Gardison Limestone
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Grizzly Thrust Fault
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Hingeline, Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	D011959
DEP	10014882
Reference	{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 N. 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. AND SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534}{Production:: CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.