Mine detail: Little Valley Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.07633, -112.60275

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony, Thallium, Gold
Ore:	Gold, Parapierrotite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1987

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Opex;
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Sevier Fold And Thrust Belt, North-South Striking Faults That Terminate To The South Against A Prominent Northwest-Striking Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Silicification And Minor Bleaching

References

MRDS	RE00150
DEP	10088973
Reference	{Deposit:: MOORE, W.J., AND SORENSEN, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TOOELE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1132, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 63, 201P.}{Deposit:: EDENHARTER, A., AND PETERS, T., 1979, HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF SULFOSALTS CONTAINING TL: Z. KRISTALLOGR., VOL. 150, NO. 1-4, PP. 169-180.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.