Mine detail: Miller Group

Previously called 'Miller MineMiller Mining and Smelting Co.Wyoming TunnelLost Hope TunnelLady Annie Tunnel'

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.54661, -111.62134
dep_id: 10014884
mrds_id: D011962
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: POD
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation
conc_proc: Replacement Of Limestone Adjacent To East Striking Fissures
ore_ctrl: Favorable Beds Adjacent To Fissures
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Maxfield Limestone;Fitchville Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit: Diorite Dikes
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Numerous East-Striking Faults Of The Miller Hill Fault Zone
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Year first produced: 1870
disc_yr: 1870
References:
  • 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
  • Production:: BUTLER 1920 AND CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943
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