Mine detail: Kearsarge Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.39022, -112.27274

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Ore:	Aurichalcite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite
Discovery year:	1871

Production

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

Geology

Structure:	Beds Form The East Limb Of The Ophir Anticline. Beds (N-S, 30 - 35 N), Fissures (N 30 - 60 E, Steeply E)
Alteration processes:	Some Alteration Of Limestones To Hornfels.

References

MRDS	DC12181
DEP	10020020
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 379.}{Deposit:: GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, P. 152-153.}{Deposit:: USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-18, 1922-23; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1925-30, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1949-51}{Deposit:: BISSELL,H.J., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE S. OQUIRRH MTNS. & FIVEMILE PASS-N. BOULTER MTN. AREA: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 14, P. 215-223.}
Reporter	Mc Coy, Gail, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)