Mine detail: North Fork Quail Canyon Adit

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Location: Washington County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.38776, -113.88664
dep_id: 10042276
mrds_id: M058783
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
alteration: Silicification, Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Fracture Zone
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Pakoon Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Needles Formation
arock_type: Ash-Flow Tuff
Structure: Sevier Overthrust Belt, Detachment And Denudation Faults., Mapped Fault Trends North East With Limestone To The Nw And Tuff To The Se
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
References:
  • Deposit:: ADAIR, D.H., AND MESSENGER, H.M., 1975, UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLDSTRIKE DISTRICT
  • Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
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