Mine detail: Muscatine Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.44605, -112.33441

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Plumbojarosite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Jarosite, Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	OTHER, UNKNOWN

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrh
Host type:	Quartzite,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Oquirrh Mtns., On East Limb Of Ophir Anticline And West Limb Of Pole Canyon Syncline
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification And Marbleization

References

MRDS	DC12152
DEP	10020004
Reference	GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 163
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.