Mine detail: Kearsarge Mine

Previously called 'Moro-Kearsarge Consolidated Mines'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.38994, -112.27413

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Secondary: Copper, Zinc, Gold, Tungsten
Ore: Aurichalcite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite
Gangue: Jarosite, Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1871

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Humbug
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Oquirrh Mtns., Ophir Anticline
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Limestone Locally Altered To Hornfels

References

MRDSM058450
DEP10042133
Reference{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 152-153}{Deposit:: CRAWFORD, A.L., AND A-M. BURANEK, 1942, THE MONO AND KEARSARGE HOLDINGS, DRY CANYON, TOOELE CO., UTAH: UGMS CIRCULAR NO. 20, 23P.}{Deposit:: ROMSLO, T.M., 1962, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 30.4.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1925-1930, 1935, 1937, 1939-1940, 1944, 1947, 1949-1951, MINERAL YEARBOOKS.}{Deposit:: USGS, 1916-1918, 1922-1923, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES}{Deposit:: MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY}{Production:: GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 152-153}
ReporterTripp, Bryce T.