Mine detail: Newels Spring Prospect

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Location: Iron County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.87469, -114.03665
dep_id: 10042277
mrds_id: M058786
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Silicification, Argillic Alteration, Oxidation
conc_proc: Epithermal
ore_ctrl: Fracture Zone
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt, N 30 E Striking Fault Zone
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, GOLD SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P. 23-57
  • Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
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