Mine detail: Utah Metal Co. Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

40.48688, -112.19136

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1944
Last production ended:	1950

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrh Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Faults And Folds
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Limonitization, Dolomitization, Silicification And Sericitization

References

MRDS	DC12141
DEP	10019996
Reference	{Deposit:: STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 38, 410P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J, 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, 171P.}{Production:: U.S.B.M. MIN. YEAR BOOK, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1950.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan