Mine detail: Rebel Mine

Previously called 'Little May Lilly'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.39385, -113.10302

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten, Copper, Gold
Ore: Galena, Hemimorphite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Apatite, Calcite, Garnet, Mica, Serpentine
Orebody form: TABULAR/PARALLEL WITH FISSURE
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

Host rock:Kaibab-Plympton (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Moenkopi Formation
Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Dolomite,Chert
Structure:Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range(Ne Plunging Anticline)
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
Alteration processes:Silification, Marbleization, Kaolinitization

References

MRDSD004693
DEP10087094
Reference{Deposit:: ABOU-ZEID, S. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUAD., STAR DISTRICT BEAVER CO., UTAH: U.G.M.S. SPEC.STUD. NO. 46}{Deposit:: BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV. GEOL. STUDIES V. 9 PT. 2, P. 29-52}{Deposit:: BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOC. PUB. NO. 3, P. 6}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22}{Deposit:: WRAY, W.B., 1965, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REBEL MINE AREA, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UNPUBLISHED HONORS BS DISSERTATION, 89 P.}{Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9}{Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B}{Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3}{Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46}{Production:: WRAY, UGA PUBLIC. #3, 1973}
ReporterShubat, Michael A., Everts, Michael L.