Mine detail: West Park Mine

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Location:	Wasatch County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.57383, -111.57439
dep_id:	10014892
mrds_id:	D011978
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Silver, Gold
Trace mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite
other_matl:	Pyrite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR, POD
work_type:	Surface/Underground
alteration:	Oxidation, Contact Metamorphism, Bleaching, Recrystalization
conc_proc:	Metasomatism
ore_ctrl:	Contact Zone Between The Clayton Peak Stock And Mississippian Limestones.
Reporter:	Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit:	Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
hrock_type:	Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit:	Clayton Peak Stock
arock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Arch. Cordilleran Hingeline. Sevier Overthrust Belt
tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Year first produced:	1946
References:	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:: ALLSMAN, P.T., AND GUNNELL, F.H., 1946, U.S.B.M. REPORT OF EXAMINATION Deposit:: BUCHHOLTZ, H.F., 1950, U.S.B.M. STRATEGIC MINERALS EXAMINATION REPORT Production:: U.S.B.M. REPORT OF EXAMINATION, 1946, BY P.T. ALLSMAN AND GUNNELL, F.H., U.S.B.M. STRATEGIC MINERALS EXAMINATION, 1950, BY BUCHHOLTZ, H.F.