Mine detail: North Keg Gold Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

39.82633, -112.92859

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1987

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Undivided Middle Cambrian Limestone;
Host type:	Limestone,Ash-Flow Tuff,Andesite
Associated rock:	Mt. Laird Tuff;Andesite And Latite Of Keg Spring;
Associated type:	Ash-Flow Tuff,Andesite
Structure:	Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Nw-Striking High-Angle Fault
Tectonic:	Basin-Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Argillic, Oxidation

References

MRDS	RE00215
DEP	10055172
Reference	{Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NORTHERN KEG MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, IN KOPP, R.S., AND COHENOUR, R.E., EDS., CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION 16, P. 451-462.}{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.}{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB, MILLARD, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-185.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.