Mine detail: Fortuna

Previously called 'Fortune'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.528, -112.12969
dep_id: 10020871
mrds_id: DC14192
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR PENCILS OR POD - SHAPED SHOOTS
alteration: Secondary Enrichment Reaches To A Depth Of 800 Ft.
conc_proc: Supergene Enrichment
Reporter: Mc Coy, Gail, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_type: Latite
Structure: Quartzite (S 25 - 30 W, 20 - 35 Nw)
References:
  • 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
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