Mine detail: Prospects West of Silver Lake

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60244, -111.593

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Epidote, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sericite, Tremolite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Alta Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hinge Line
Alteration processes:	Skarn Assemblege

References

MRDS	D012028
DEP	10014914
Reference	{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.}{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 OTEHRS, 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}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.