Mine detail: Crypto Mineral Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.86244, -113.46805

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Cadmium, Iron, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1953

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Simonson Dolomite;Sevy Dolomite;
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated rock:	Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolite Porphyry;
Associated type:	Diorite,Rhyolite,Latite
Structure:	Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Buckhorn Thrust, Overland Fault, Pony Express Fault Zone, Prospect Fault Zone, Numerous Unnamed Faults.
Tectonic:	Sevier Fold And Thrust Belt, Continental Volcanic-Plutonic Arc, Basin-Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Argillic, Silicification, Contact Metasomatic (Skarn)

References

MRDS	RE00232
DEP	10055179
Reference	{Deposit:: HEHN, P. V., 1981, OUTLINE OF EXPLORATION AND PAST PRODUCTION, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, UTAH INTERNATIONAL INC., AVAILABLE AT THE UGMS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH}{Deposit:: HINTZE, L. F., 1980, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FISH SPRINGS NW AND FISH SPRINGS SW QUADRANGLES, JUAB AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MF-1148, SCALE 1:24,000}{Deposit:: CHRISTIANSEN, W. J., 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: SALT LAKE CITY, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, 66P.}{Deposit:: OLIVEIRA, M. E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT, FISH SPRINGS RANGE, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, V. 22, PT. 1, P. 69-104.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.