Mine detail: Rube Lead Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.18465, -113.8114

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Ore:	Plumbojarosite
Gangue:	Hematite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Ochre Mountain Limestone;Prospect Mountain Quartzite;
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Hematitization

References

MRDS	RE00147
DEP	10088972
Reference	{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177.}{Deposit:: EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)