Mine detail: Placer Mines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.18162, -113.3961

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Ore: Gold, Scheelite
Orebody form: BLANKET

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Big Hourse Canyon Ls Member Of The Orr Formation;Weeks Formation;Marjum Formation
Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Plutonic Rock,Granite
Associated rock:Painter Springs Intrusion
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Plutonic Rock,Granite
Structure:Basin And Range
Tectonic:Cordilleran Geosyncline

References

MRDSD005791
DEP10087230
Reference{Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION}{Deposit:: HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF-636}{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR #8014}{Deposit:: 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MERIDIAN RPT. V. 3}{Deposit:: 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COLL. V. 53}{Deposit:: 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.}
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