Mine detail: Dewey Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.53416, -109.26319

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Malachite
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Hedenbergite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1898

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:North La Sal Stock
Host type:Syenite,Diorite
Tectonic:Stable Platform

References

MRDSW026935
DEP10078553
Reference{Deposit:: HUNT, C.B., 1958 , STRUCTURE AND IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE LA SAL MTNS., UT.: USGS PROF PAPER 294-}{Deposit:: 1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY - BULLETIN 11}{Reserve-Resource:: MC CARTHY, B.M., 1977}
ReporterMc Carthy, Blair M.