Mine detail: Quartzite Canyon

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.26686, -114.03058

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: SHEET-LIKE, STAINS ON FRACTURES AND BEDDING

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Laketown Dolomite
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:3 Ne Trending Fissures
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Bleaching

References

MRDSDB02040
DEP10088422
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}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.