Mine detail: Horsehead

Previously called 'Mas 16 1014'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.95109, -111.23157

Resource(M)

Primary:	Vanadium
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Lead
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Torbernite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Kaolin, Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp, West Flank Of Anticline
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	DB00621
DEP	10088110
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: DAVIDSON, USGS BULL. 1229}{Deposit:: DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .}{Deposit:: 1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON BULL. 1229}{Deposit:: 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS}{Production:: USBM - MAS 16}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H., Boyce, E. G.