Mine detail: Oregon Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.15743, -113.83528

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrh Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Gold Hill Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Northwest-Striking Faults
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Silication, Silicification

References

MRDS	M057532
DEP	10041767
Reference	{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 162.}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 162}{Deposit:: 1980 RECON UGMS, OPEN FILE REPT.}{Production:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, USGS PROF. PAPER 177, AND MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INV.}
Reporter	Unknown, Messenger, Harold M. III