Mine detail: Silver Reef-Harrisburg District

Previously called 'Leeds DistrictHarrisburg DistrictSilver Reef District'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.25401, -113.37099

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Uranium, Copper
Ore: Cerargyrite
Discovery year: 1869

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Springdale Sandstone Member of the Moenave Formation (locally knownk as the Leeds and Tecumseh Sandstones).
Host type:Sandstone

References

MRDSW017220
DEP10072235
Reference{Deposit:: Butler, B.S., 1920, Silver Reef (Harrisburg, Leeds) District, in Butler, B.S., Laughlin, G.F., Heikes, V.C., and others, The ore deposits of Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 111, p. 582-594.}{Deposit:: Proctor, P.D., 1953, Geology of the Silver Reef (Harrisburg) Mining District, Wahsington County, Utah: Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 44, 169 p.}{Deposit:: Stugard, Frederick, Jr., 1951, Uranium Resources in the Silver Reef (Harrisburg) District, Washington County, Utah: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-41.}{Geology:: Biek, R.F., 2003, Geologic map of the Harrisburg Junction 7.*quadrangle, Washington County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Map 191, 42 p. pamphlet, 2 pls., scale 1:24:000. [http://geology.utah.gov/maps/geomap/7_5/pdf/m-191.pdf, accessed 4/27/2010]}{Geology:: Biek, R.F., 2003, Geologic map of the Hurricane 7.*quadrangle, Washington County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Map 187, 61 p. pamphlet, 2 pls., scale 1:24:000. [http://geology.utah.gov/maps/geomap/7_5/pdf/m-187.pdf, accessed 4/27/2010]}{Geology:: Hurlow, H.A., and Biek, R.F., 2003, Geologic map of the Pintura 7.*quadrangle, Washington County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Map 196, 20 p. pamphlet, scale 1:24:000. [http://geology.utah.gov/maps/geomap/7_5/pdf/m-196.pdf, accessed 4/27/2010]}{Production:: Stowe, C.H., 1975, Utah mineral industry statistics through 1973: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Bulletin 106, 121 p.}
ReporterWeeks, Robert, Wilson, A.B., Spanski, Gregory T.