Mine detail: Shafts West of Big Pinto Spring

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Location

Lat / long:

38.15302, -113.85138

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Ash-Flow Tuff
Associated rock:	Intracauldron Unit Of The Wah Wah Springs Tuff Member Of The Needles Range Formation
Associated type:	Ash-Flow Tuff
Structure:	Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt., Fracture Zone At N 60 W 71 Ne To Vertical
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Propylitic And Weak Argillic

References

MRDS	M058927
DEP	10088830
Reference	{Deposit:: GRANT, S.K., AND BEST, M.G., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINTO SPRINGS AND PART OF THE ATCHISON CREEK QUADRANGLES, BEAVER AND IRON COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 79-1656.}{Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.