Mine detail: Horseshoe Bend

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.24468, -109.51933

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Platinum
Ore:	Gold, Platinum
Gangue:	Chromite, Garnet, Hematite, Ilmenite, Zircon
Orebody form:	RIVER BAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stream Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Gravel
Tectonic:	Colorado Plateau

References

MRDS	M057667
DEP	10041837
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1357, P. 15.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111, P. 639-640.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Tooker, Ed), Peterson, Jocelyn A.