Mine detail: Prospector Mine

Previously called 'Sugar Daddy Incline'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.4933, -112.21689

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
Ore:	Fluorite, Pitchblende, Torbernite, Umohoite, Uranophane, Zippeite
Gangue:	Alunite, Chalcedony, Marcasite, Opal, Pyrite, Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1950

Geology

Host type:	Monzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
Structure:	Prospector Fault, Prospector Vein, # 2 Breccia Zone
Alteration processes:	Argillic Alteration, Minor Silicification

References

MRDS	DB00548
DEP	10015234
Reference	{Deposit:: KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1967 , MARYSVALE, UTAH URANIUM DEPOSITS, AIME GRATON-SALES, VOL. 2 , P. 1020 - 1041 .}{Deposit:: KERR, P. F., 1957 , THE MARYSVALE, UTAH URANIUM AREA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER # 64 , P. 1 - 212 .}{Deposit:: DASCH, M. D., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDE BOOK # 21 .}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110 .}{Production:: UGMS STUDY - 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L.M., 1978}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.