Mine detail: East Elephant Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

38.3469, -113.12108

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Anglesite, Malachite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR VEIN

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Toroweap Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Chert
Structure:	Colorado Plateau/Basin & Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline, Eastward Dipping Homocline (Star Range) Believed To Be Part Of An Eastward Moving Thrust Plate.
Tectonic:	Paleozoic Miogeosyncline.
Alteration processes:	Fault Breccia

References

MRDS	D004701
DEP	10087097
Reference	{Deposit:: ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.,A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO., UT, UGMS SPEC. S. 46}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973, UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. 3.}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.,I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22.}{Deposit:: BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOL. OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. STUDIES, V.9, PART 2. P. 29-52.}{Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER,J.L., BYU STUDIES V.9}{Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V. USGS BULL 1135-B}{Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3}{Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS#46}{Deposit:: BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UTAH P. HD. THESIS.}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.