Mine detail: Prospects West of Silver Lake

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.60244, -111.593
dep_id: 10014914
mrds_id: D012028
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Epidote, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sericite, Tremolite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Skarn Assemblege
conc_proc: Metasomatic
ore_ctrl: Contact Zone Of Intrusive
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Alta Stock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hinge Line
References:
  • 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
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