Mine detail: Big Piney

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Location

Lat / long:

41.25437, -112.44832

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Hemimorphite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Burrows Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Promontory Mts.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Supergene Enrichment & Oxidation

References

MRDS	DB01676
DEP	10015630
Reference	{Deposit:: PERRY, LEE I., AND MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH - 1976 : UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE REPORT #22 , P. 142}{Deposit:: 1976 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE}{Production:: PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.}
Reporter	Perry, Lee I.