Mine detail: Copper Hill Deposit Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.16187, -113.86363

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Arsenic
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Garnet, Jarosite, Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Gold Hill Stock
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Northwest-Striking Faults That Have Controlled Some Of The Quartz Monzonite Dikes
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Silication Garnetization Of Limestone

References

MRDS	DC12281
DEP	10088442
Reference	{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.}{Production:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.}
Reporter	Unknown, Messenger, Harold M. III