Mine detail: Southwest Copper Mountain Workings

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Location

Lat / long: 41.24742, -114.02169

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR - SHEET LIKE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Guilmette Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Patterson Pass Stock
Associated type:Monzonite
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Limonitization

References

MRDSDB02012
DEP10015788
Reference{Deposit:: BLUE, D. M., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LUCIN MINING DISTRICT, BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS.}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.}{Deposit:: 1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVE}{Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.