Mine detail: Monocco Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.09215, -113.81723

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Iron, Zinc, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Three Fissures Striking Ne And Dipping 75 W. Several Faults Strike Nw, Dip Ne.
Alteration processes:	Ls Bleached White To Light Cream In An Irregular Pattern. Fspr And Biot In The Qtz Monz Has Been Altered To Sericite, Kaolinite And Chlorite.

References

MRDS	DC15200
DEP	10021209
Reference	{Deposit:: NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 162-163.}{Deposit:: USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1918-20; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1926, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1951}{Deposit:: PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 419.}{Deposit:: CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965}
Reporter	Mc Coy, Gail, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)