Mine detail: Utah Spur Mine

Previously called 'Utah Spur and Rhode Island Queen ClaimsNewport-Nevada Property?'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.00829, -114.05139

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Gangue: Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1896

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:Caldera Area, Faulting; A S85w Fault And A S55e Fault Nearby
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM241690
DEP10046519
Reference{Deposit:: STOTESBURY, H.W., 1921, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE STATELINE MINING DISTRICT; NBMG FILE 168, ITEM 1.}{Deposit:: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., 1903, 1904 CLIPPINGS, NBMG FILE 168.}{Deposit:: THOMSON, K.C. AND PERRY. L.I., 1975, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 2, NO. 1, P. 27-47.}{Deposit:: KEITH, J.D., 1980, U. OF WISCONSIN-MADISON MS THESIS; MIOCENE PORPHYRY INTRUSIONS VOLCANISM AND MINERALIZATION, SW. UTAH AND E. NEVADA.}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, MAY 15, 1983.}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, JUNE 15, 1983.}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.H., 1902, MINING & SCIENTIFIC PRESS, VOL. 84, P. 701.}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.H., 1902, THE MINING REVIEW, SALT LAKE CITY, DEC. 30, P. 67-68.}{Deposit:: COLLINS, T.M., 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE STATELINE DISTRICT, UTAH-NEVADA: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF MISSOURI-ROLLA.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)