Mine detail: Desert Queen

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.01829, -109.65322

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Rock Asphalt, Copper
Ore:	Gilsonite, Malachite
Gangue:	Mica
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1967

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Uinta Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:	Uinta Basin
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	DB00384
DEP	10015185
Reference	PRUITT, R.G., JR., 1961 , THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 7
Reporter	Jones, Harold H.