Mine detail: Vandergilt #5 Mines

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Location: Washington County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.22304, -113.33386
dep_id: 10015419
mrds_id: DB01050
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Copper, Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cerargyrite, Malachite
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Carbonaceous Material, Clay Galls
Reporter: Trimble, Larry M.
hrock_unit: Moenave Formation
hrock_type: Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure: Virgin Anticline
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition
References:
  • Deposit:: PROCTOR, P. D., 1953 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY , BULL. 44
  • Deposit:: 1953 COMPILE UGMS BULLETIN 4
  • Production:: PERRY, L. I., 1979
  • Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1979
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