Mine detail: Elephant Back South Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.35913, -113.84332

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Wad
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Fillmore
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt, Fracturing And Brecciation, Possibly In A N-S Trenching Zone
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Recrystallization Of Limestone

References

MRDS	M058913
DEP	10088827
Reference	{Deposit:: BEST, M.G., GRANT, S.K., AND HOLMES, R.D., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MINERS CABIN WASH AND BUCKHORN SPRING QUADRANGLES, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1612.}{Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.