Mine detail: White Quartzite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.5069, -113.27248

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Galena, Gold
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1913

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Prospect Mtn Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Intrusives And Volcanics (Cactus Stock)
Associated type:	Monzonite,Andesite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Basin And Range Structure
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Marblization

References

MRDS	D005819
DEP	10087240
Reference	{Deposit:: PERRY, L J, AND MCCARTHY, B M; 1976; LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; OPEN-FILE REPORT NO 22, PPS 61-62}{Deposit:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, 1979, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR}{Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER B S,USGS PP #8}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.