Mine detail: West Park Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.57383, -111.57439

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1946

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D011978
DEP	10014892
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:: 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.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.