Mine detail: Dixie Mine

Previously called 'ApexPenDixie-ApexUtah-Eastern Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.0697, -113.8047

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Gallium, Germanium
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Silver, Gold, Iron
Ore:	Aurichalcite, Copper, Cuprite, Goethite, Hematite, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Adamite, Rosasite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, BRANCHING, CHIMNEY-LIKE BODIES
Other material:	Jarosite, Limonite
Discovery year:	1884

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	INTERMITTENTLY 1884-1962, REOPENED IN 1985

Geology

Host rock:	Callville Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Beaver Dam Mts., A Nw-Trending Uplift At The Boundary Between The Basin And Range Province And The Colorado Plateau, Apex Fault
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Hingeline
Alteration processes:	Oxidation To At Least 425 M Below The Surface. Within And Adjacent To Fault The Limestone Has Been Dolomitized And Locally Silicified.

References

MRDS	DC15467
DEP	10088447
Reference	{Deposit:: PERRY, LEE I. & BLAIR M. MCCARTHY, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH-1976: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE REPORT #22 P. 522-525}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1967, MINERALS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN #76, P. 237}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER #111 672 P.}{Deposit:: CONSV. COMP. DATE, 01-04-1971}{Deposit:: BERNSTEIN, L.R., 1986, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE APEX GERMANIUM-GALLIUM MINE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1577, 9 P.}{Deposit:: 1976 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE}{Production:: L.I. PERRY, 1979; BERNSTEIN, 1986, P. 1.}{Reserve-Resource:: BERNSTEIN, 1986, P. 5.}
Reporter	Unknown, Perry, Lee I., Bolm, Karen S.