Mine detail: Dome Hill Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

39.82216, -112.96693

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Bismuth
Tertiary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year:	1978

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Prospect Mountain Quartzite;Lower Member Of The Pioche Formation;
Host type:	Quartzite,Argillite
Associated rock:	Granodiorite Porphyry;Andesite & Latite Flow (Host);
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Faults With Small Offset Striking Nw, Wnw, And Ne
Tectonic:	Basin-Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Silicification Oxidationvritification

References

MRDS	RE00158
DEP	10088974
Reference	{Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NORTHERN KEG MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, IN KOPP, R.S., AND COHENOUR, R.E., EDS., CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION 16, P. 451-462.}{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.}{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB, MILLARD, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-185.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.