Mine detail: Sundown Mine

Previously called 'Sundown Claims 1 & 2'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.36552, -113.08052

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese
Ore: Hemimorphite, Malachite
Gangue: Hematite, Kaolinite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Tailsman Quartzite (Host)
Host type:Quartzite,Alluvium
Structure:Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
Alteration processes:Kaolinitization, Hematitization

References

MRDSD004706
DEP10087099
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:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9}{Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B}{Deposit:: BAETCKE, G. B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P. HD. THESIS.}{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.