Mine detail: Walker Tunnel

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.25159, -114.01364

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Copper, Gold
Ore: Anglesite, Galena, Plumbojarosite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Calcite, Clay, Hematite, Limonite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Guilmette Formation
Host type:Limestone
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Limonitization

References

MRDSDB02046
DEP10015803
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: UGMS FILES, SEVERAL CUTS ACROSS REMAINING ORE WTD AVG 4 SAMPLES}{Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, P. 82 .}{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 AND MINERAL SURVE}{Production:: DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.