Mine detail: Indian Hickman Canyon Copper Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.42133, -112.6422

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Hematite, Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Pioche Shale
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale
Structure:	North-Trending Syncline, Parallel To The Deseret Peak Anticlinal Axis.
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	D008448
DEP	10087644
Reference	{Deposit:: ALMQUIST, CAR., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DENVER, COLORADO.}{Deposit:: RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY, 175P.}{Deposit:: 1980 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES-DENVER, COLO}{Production:: MESSENGER, H.M., III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III