Mine detail: Silver and Gold Mining Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.17465, -113.79917

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Arsenic, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Iron, Lead, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrb Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Gold Hill Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Faults Of Small Displacement
Alteration processes:	Bleaching Of Limestone

References

MRDS	DC12270
DEP	10088439
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PP. 177, P. 143}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H.H., AND H.M. MESSENGER III., 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 143}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 143}{Production:: MESSENGER, H.M III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Unknown, Messenger, Harold M. III