Mine detail: Rustler Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.13243, -113.83223

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Tungsten
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Ferrimolybdite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Apatite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Gold Hill Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Argillitization, Sericitization, Bleaching

References

MRDS	DC15186
DEP	10021199
Reference	{Deposit:: NOLAN 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE CO., UTAH: USGS PP. 177}{Deposit:: EL SHATOURY AND WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE CO, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 83}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2}{Deposit:: 1970 RECON UNIV. OF UTAH, UTAH GEOL. SURV. BULL. 83}{Production:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Reserve-Resource:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON SITE INSPECTION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Unknown, Messenger, Harold M. III