Mine detail: Monte Cristo Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.34135, -113.15997

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Sevy Dolomite
Host type:Limestone,Chert
Associated rock:Intrusives Undifferientiated
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:Colorado Plateau/Basin & Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline.
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline.

References

MRDSD005769
DEP10087222
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:: BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.}{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}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SURV}
ReporterEverts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.