Mine detail: Lucky Boy

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Location: Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.39219, -112.28106
dep_id: 10040410
mrds_id: M055174
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Minor mineral: Selenium, Gold, Tellurium
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Zinc, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Pyrite
other_matl: Sphalerite
orebody_fm: TABULAR LENS
alteration: Argillic
conc_proc: Replacement
ore_ctrl: Fracture Zone
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R.
hrock_type: Limestone
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1881
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. 88TH CONGRESS 2ND SESS. 1964 COMM. INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, COMM. PRINT 26-976
  • Deposit:: MCCASKEY, H.D., 1912, QUICKSILVER IN 1911, PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES, ADVANCE CHAPTER FROM MINERAL RESOURCES OF UNITED STATES FOR 1911, P. 28-29.
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
  • Production:: USBM DATA
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