Mine detail: West Quincy Shaft

Previously called 'Judge GroupUnited Park City Mines Co.West Quincy Property'

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Location: Wasatch County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.60605, -111.518
dep_id: 10014895
mrds_id: D011991
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Oxidation, Bleaching, Contact Metamorphism
conc_proc: Magnetic, Precipitation From Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Bedding Planes, Dikes
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Woodside Shale;Thaynes Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
arock_unit: Flagstaff Mountain Stock;Clayton Peak Stock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
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.D., CRITTENDEN, MD.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: US.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 77
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