Mine detail: Hecla Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.31553, -112.88024

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Silver, Gold, Iron
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1920

Geology

Host rock:	Tailsman Quartzite (Principal Host);Callville-Pakoon
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Basin & Range, N-S Faults
Tectonic:	Paleozoic Miogeosyncline.
Alteration processes:	Marble

References

MRDS	D004638
DEP	10087076
Reference	{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 2}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER #111}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.