Mine detail: Monocco Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.09187, -113.8189

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Iron, Arsenic, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite
Gangue:	Iron, Kaolinite, Opal, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures (Ne, 75-90w), Faults (Nw, Ne) Offset Beds Afew Feet
Tectonic:	Geosyncline
Alteration processes:	Bleaching

References

MRDS	M057043
DEP	10041736
Reference	{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH,: USGS PP 177}{Deposit:: THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 99.}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177}{Deposit:: 1973 MINEMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PHD. DISS., UTAH GEOL SURV. BULL, 99}{Production:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH; USGS PP. 177}{Reserve-Resource:: MESSENGER, H.M., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY}
Reporter	Unknown, Messenger, Harold M. III