Mine detail: Box Canyon

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Location

Lat / long: 41.23381, -114.03725

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Calcite, Goethite, Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form: POD LIKE - TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Guilmette Formation
Host type:Limestone
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Limonitization

References

MRDSDB02018
DEP10088412
Reference{Deposit:: BLUE, D. M., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LUCIN MINING DISTRICT, BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS.}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.}{Deposit:: 1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVE}{Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.