Mine detail: Cane Springs Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.16326, -113.83862

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite
Gangue: Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Quartz, Vesuvianite, Wollastonite, Zoisite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
Host type:Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:Altered Dikes;Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Diorite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:Basin And Range, Northwest-Striking Fault
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Bleaching, Recrystallization, Silication

References

MRDSDC15178
DEP10021192
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: ASSAYS BY FLINT (1960) AND MATHEZ (1935) ARE REPORTED IN EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN (1970). AV. VALUES, 1914 PRODUCTION, NOLAN (1935)}{Deposit:: EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE CO, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL 83, P. 30-32 FIG. 11 (P. 33)}{Deposit:: FLINT A, 1960, A REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION AND EVAULATION OF THE ALVARADO, CANE SPRING, BONNEMORT AND YELLOW HAMMER MINE, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT TOOELE CO, (UNPUBL. REPT)}{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: NOLAN T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: US GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177 P. 32-133}{Deposit:: 1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, 1935, PROF. PAPER 177, FIG. 19, P. 131}{Deposit:: 1970 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 83}{Production:: EL-SHATOURY, H.M., AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, UGMS BULL. 83, P. 31}
ReporterUnknown, Messenger, Harold M. III