Mine detail: Porcupine Canyon Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.36914, -112.7694

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Scheelite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR VEIN

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Meta-Sediments.;Callville-Pakoon;Kaibab-Plympton
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Granitic Intrusives;Rhyolitic Dikes
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin & Range, Local Faulting And Thrusting
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Hingeline; Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Tactite And Skarn

References

MRDS	D005947
DEP	10087267
Reference	{Deposit:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION}{Deposit:: CRAWFORD, A L, 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY UTAH/WITH MINE MAPS: UGMS REPRINT #56.}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.