Mine detail: Vicksburg Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.36079, -113.09191

Resource(B)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Silver, Copper, Sulfur
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Sulfur
Gangue: Hematite
Orebody form: CHIMNEY
Discovery year: 1872

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1872

Geology

Host rock:Plymton-Kiabab-Toroweap Undiff
Host type:Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range (East Limb Of A Northward Trending Anticline).
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
Alteration processes:Contact Metamorphism, Marbleization

References

MRDSD004676
DEP10087088
Reference{Deposit:: ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46}{Deposit:: BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P.29-52.}{Deposit:: BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 22}{Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111}{Deposit:: BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P.HD. THESIS.}{Deposit:: 1950 DIREXPL USBM REPORT OF INVEST. #4642}{Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B}{Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3}{Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.}
ReporterEverts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.