Mine detail: Star Mine

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Location: Garfield County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.89055, -110.69962
dep_id: 10015293
mrds_id: DB00663
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Copper, Molybdenum, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite
gangue: Epidote, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Fissure Or Vein
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Henry Mountains Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Laccolithic Mountain
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975 , P. 128 - 130 .
  • Deposit:: HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY P. 228 .
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SP. ST. 22 .
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 .
  • Deposit:: BROOKE, G. L. AND OTHERS, 1951 , GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TRACHYTE DISTRICT, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USAEC RMO-912 , 7 P.
  • Deposit:: 1970 RECON UGMS - BULL. 10
  • Production:: DOELLING, 1975 , MAYBE A SMALL AMOUNT PRODUCED FOR TESTING
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