Mine detail: Valeo Mine

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Location: Wasatch County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.59966, -111.4605
dep_id: 10042237
mrds_id: M058637
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Lead
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Malachite
gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Marble
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
alteration: Marmorization
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Deseret Limestone
hrock_type: Diorite,Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit: Mayflower Stock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta Arch, Dutch Hollow Thrust
tectonic: Central Wasatch Range
References:
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.W., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, 230 P.
  • Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S. AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-864.
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
  • Deposit:: HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1899, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, VOL. 2, OCT. 15, 1900, P. 16.
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