Mine detail: Old Hickory Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

38.44996, -113.06747

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron, Tungsten
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Diopside, Magnetite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR-VEINS-ELONGATE-TABULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1912

Geology

Host rock:	Torroweap Formation;Volcanics Undiff;Harrington Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Volcanics Undiff
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Assymetric Anticline/Rocky Range
Tectonic:	Paleozoic Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Skarn

References

MRDS	D005835
DEP	10087246
Reference	{Deposit:: WHELAN, J A, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY RANGE; UGMS IN PRESS}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.