Mine detail: Fortuna

Previously called 'Fortune'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.528, -112.12969

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR PENCILS OR POD - SHAPED SHOOTS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	Quartzite (S 25 - 30 W, 20 - 35 Nw)
Alteration processes:	Secondary Enrichment Reaches To A Depth Of 800 Ft.

References

MRDS	DC14192
DEP	10020871
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 311}{Deposit:: USGS MIN. RES. 1917-1923. AND USBM MIN. RES. 1924}{Deposit:: ZALINSKI, E. R., 1908 , ORE OCCURRENCES AT FORTUNA MINE: ENG. & MIN. JOUR VOL. 86 , P. 1191 - 95}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965}
Reporter	Mc Coy, Gail, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)