Mine detail: Lucky Shepard Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.83578, -112.54247

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver, Lead
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Orebody form: POD-LIKE
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1916

Geology

Host rock:Lake Bonneville Formation
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Quartz Monzonite;
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, North Trending Faults & Fractures
Tectonic:Basin-Range Extension, Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSRE00244
DEP10055182
Reference{Deposit:: REES, D.C., ERICKSON, M.P., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND DIATREMES OF DESERT MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDY 42.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111.}{Deposit:: CALKINS, W.G., 1972, MAGNETIC AND GRAVITY STUDY OF DESERT MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 95.}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEO. AND MIN. SUR.}
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