Mine detail: Trinity Mine

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Location: Sevier County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.5158, -112.25967
dep_id: 10088364
mrds_id: DB01898
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite
gangue: Galena, Garnet, Hematite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Underground
alteration: Hydrothermal, Chloritic
conc_proc: Contact Metamorphism
ore_ctrl: Contact Between Quartzite Xenolith And Monzonite Intrusive
Reporter: Trimble, Larry M.
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Bullion Canyon Volcanics
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Red Hills Caldera, Faulting, Fracturing
tectonic: Basin And Range Transition
References:
  • Deposit:: KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1957 ; MARYSVALE, UTAH, URANIUM AREA; GEOL. SOC. OF AMERICA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 1 - 212
  • Deposit:: 1957 COMPILE GSA SPEC. PAPER 6
  • Production:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
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