Mine detail: 1903 Mine

Previously called '1888 Mine88 Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.82689, -112.39997

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Silver
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Barite, Calamine, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR VEIN

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites;Laketown Dolomite (Host)
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
Associated type:	Monzonite,Granite
Structure:	Basin & Range, Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Contact Metamorphism & Assoc. Minerals

References

MRDS	DC12940
DEP	10020292
Reference	{Deposit:: STRINGHAM, B.F., 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL., V. 53, NO. 2.}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I. & MCCARTHY, B., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22.}{Deposit:: HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. 76}{Deposit:: STRINGHAM, B. F., 1942 , MINERALIZATION IN W. TINTIC DISTRICT: GSA BULL VOL 53 , #2 , P. 285}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111}{Deposit:: 1945 RECON HOBBS, S.W., USGS OPEN FILE RPT}{Deposit:: 1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014}{Production:: USBM, MIN. Y.B., 1950, 1951.}
Reporter	Unknown, Everts, Mike L.