Mine detail: Prospector Mine

Previously called 'Sugar Daddy Incline'

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Location: Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.4933, -112.21689
dep_id: 10015234
mrds_id: DB00548
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite, Pitchblende, Torbernite, Umohoite, Uranophane, Zippeite
gangue: Alunite, Chalcedony, Marcasite, Opal, Pyrite, Pyrolusite
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
alteration: Argillic Alteration, Minor Silicification
conc_proc: Ph Change ?
ore_ctrl: Flourite, Veins, Vein Intersections
Reporter: Trimble, Larry M.
hrock_type: Monzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
Structure: Prospector Fault, Prospector Vein, # 2 Breccia Zone
Year first produced: 1950
disc_yr: 1941
discr: James Sergent
References:
  • 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
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