Mine detail: Bonnemort Mines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.15132, -113.82778

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Diopside, Wollastonite, Zoisite
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED, THIN SEAMS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrh Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Gold Hill Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Limestone Is Recrystallized Into Marble Bleaching

References

MRDS	DC15179
DEP	10021193
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: EL SHATOURY AND WHELAN, 1970, P. 32}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS P.P. 177 P.135-136.}{Deposit:: USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1938}{Deposit:: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 83, 1970 P. 32}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 135-136}{Deposit:: 1970 RECON UNIV. OF UTAH-UTAH GEOL SURV BULL 83}{Production:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS P.P. 177, P. 135-136}{Reserve-Resource:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981., ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Unknown, Messenger, Harold M. III