Mine detail: North Wash Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

40.15243, -113.83834

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Hematite, Jarosite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrh Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Gold Hill Stock
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Northwest-Striking Faults
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	D008390
DEP	10087626
Reference	{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177.}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P1.}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III