Mine detail: Vipont Mine

Previously called 'Includes Lexington-Argenta Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.96435, -113.85226

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Secondary: Lead, Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sericite
Orebody form: PATCHES AND POCKETS OF IRREGULAR FORM

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Vipont Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Rhyolite Porphyry
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Numerous Small Crenulations Roughly Radial To Syncline
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSD005429
DEP10087193
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: PETERSON, 1942}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER III.}{Deposit:: PETERSON, V.E., 1942, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ASHBROOK MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: ECON. GEOL. 37, P. 466-502.}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON B.S. BUTLER PROF. PAPER III}{Deposit:: 1942 GEOLMAP PETERSON, SOC. OF ECON GEOL. BULL.}{Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOKS}{Reserve-Resource:: THIS REVIEW}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.