Mine detail: Third Term Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.503, -112.5972

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1870

Geology

Host rock:Pine Canyon Limestone;Gardner Dolomite
Host type:Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:Deseret Anticline
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSDC12137
DEP10019993
Reference{Deposit:: ALMQUIST, CARL, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DENVER, COLORADO.}{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.}{Deposit:: RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY, P. 127.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1950, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO. 37.49, DENVER, COLO., UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: 1950 RECON USBM-MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.49}{Deposit:: 1980 RECON USBM-DENVER, COLO.}{Deposit:: 1980 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Production:: U.S.G.S. MINERAL RESOURCES 1917, 1925, 1940; U.S.B.M. (1950)}
ReporterMessenger, Harold M. III