Mine detail: Columbus-Rexall Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.58966, -111.64217

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1917

Geology

Host rock:	Tintic Quartzite;Deseret Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of The Wasatch Fault, Alta Overthrust, East And West Howland Faults
Tectonic:	Uinta Arch

References

MRDS	M057561
DEP	10041785
Reference	{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.}{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 69-71.}{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA UTAH: USGS PP 201. PG. 117.}{Production:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 71.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.