Mine detail: Mystery Sniffer Mine, Mystery #3

Previously called 'Frog #1SnifferSniffer Fraction'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.41664, -112.53412

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Torbernite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	VEIN

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mt. Belknap Rhyolite (Host);Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Andesite Porphyry
Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Basin/Plateau Transition Zone, Mt Belknap Caldera
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Hingeline
Alteration processes:	Clay, Argillite

References

MRDS	DC14174
DEP	10020862
Reference	{Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 1005, 1954, P. 50.}{Deposit:: USAEC ORE RESERVE STUDY}{Deposit:: 3A) USGS MAP MF 202, 1961, TEXT}{Deposit:: 3B) UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 21, 1967, P. 117}{Deposit:: 3C) UTAH G & MS BULL. 79, 1966, P. 29}{Deposit:: 1910 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PUB}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON LOUGHLIN, USGS BULL 620-K}{Deposit:: 1940 RECON USBM, PUB}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOMAP CALLAGHAN & WILLARD-MAP}{Deposit:: 1961 GEOMAP UGMS BULL}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.}
Reporter	Unknown, Everts, Mike L.