Mine detail: Three Metals Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.36411, -112.24191

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Gold, Malachite, Plumbojarosite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1923
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Great Blue Limestone;Humbug Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures And Folds
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	DC12212
DEP	10088433
Reference	{Deposit:: BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.}{Production:: GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 141-142.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan