Mine detail: Melco Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.58383, -112.15636

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Tellurium, Arsenic, Antimony, Thallium, Barium-Barite, Uranium, Strontium, Selenium, Zinc, Nickel
Ore:	Gold

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	PHASE A: 1989-1990; PHASE B SCHEDULED TO BEGIN MINING IN JANUARY 1993.
First production started:	1989

Geology

Host type:	Limestone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	The Ne-Plunging, Nw-Dipping Overturned Melco Syncline Trends Through The Melco Deposit.

References

MRDS	RE00263
DEP	10055197
Reference	KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER, 1991, BARNEYS CANYON MINE FACT SHEET - MINING
Reporter	Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.)