Mine detail: Big Indian Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.2411, -109.26375

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENS, PODS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Dakota Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	Clastic Units - 10 - 15 Ft Thick Separated By 30 Ft Barren Gray-Green Shale, Lisbon Valley Fault.
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	DB00030
DEP	10015032
Reference	{Deposit:: WEIR, G.W., AND PUFFETT, W.P., 1982, INCOMPLETE MANUSCRIPT ON STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND URANIUM-VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH-COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 81-39, 292P.}{Deposit:: MONISON, S.J. AND PARRY, W.T., 1986, FORMATION OF CARBONATE-SULFATE VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH COPPER ORE DEPOSITS FROM SALINE BASIN BRINES, LISBON VALLEY, UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 81, P. 1853-1866.}{Reserve-Resource:: JONES, H., 1978}
Reporter	Jones, Harold H., Lindsey, David A.