Mine detail: Brown Rock Prospects

Previously called 'Gold Hill Barite-LimoniteProspects'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.13215, -113.85391

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Secondary:	Iron
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Goethite, Hematite, Limonite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Basin And Range, Northwest-Striking Faults
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Argillization, Hematitization

References

MRDS	DC15188
DEP	10021201
Reference	{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177.}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL 88. P. 75}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.}{Production:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Unknown, Messenger, Harold M. III