Mine detail: Upper North Fork Chloride Canyon Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

37.73247, -113.44942

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Claron Formation
Host type:	Conglomerate,Limestone
Associated rock:	Isom Formation
Associated type:	Ash-Flow Tuff
Structure:	East-West Striking Timpahute Lineament, Delamar-Iron Springs Igneous Belt, Northeast Striking Faults/Fracture Zones
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Argillization

References

MRDS	M058846
DEP	10088808
Reference	{Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS.}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1979: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FILES}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.