Mine detail: Green Monster Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.573, -111.57911

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Clayton Peak Stock;Intermediate Dike
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Northeast Striking Dike
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Bleaching, Recrystallization, Contact Metamorphism

References

MRDS	D011977
DEP	10014891
Reference	{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}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF MINERALS EXAMINATION DMEA-3116, NOVEMBER 11, 1953}{Production:: U.S.B.M. REPORT OF EXAMINATION, 1953}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.