Mine detail: Rattlesnake Canyon Sulfur Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.55714, -111.39052

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Sulfur
Gangue:	Gypsum
Orebody form:	CRUSTS, MASSES

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Madison Limestone;Park City Formation-Quartzite, Shale, Sandstone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale;Salt Lake Formation-Tuff, Quartzite, Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone,Tuff
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W026100
DEP	10077995
Reference	{Deposit:: STALEY, W. W., AND PRATER, L. S., 1945 , SULFUR IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO. 2 , 7 P.}{Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1927 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PART OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 152 , P. 342}{Deposit:: 1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 152}{Deposit:: 1945 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MIN. RES. REPT. NO. 2}
Reporter	Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat