Mine detail: Vernon Creek Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

39.9805, -112.38802

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Gold, Silver
Gangue:	Chlorite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Upper Part Of Sheeprock Group;Great Blue Limestone;
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Sevier Fold And Thrust Belt, Nw Trending Vernon Creek Fault, Sheeprock Thrust Fault, East-Northwest Striking High-Angle Faults.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Fe-Staining, Jasperoid, Argillization

References

MRDS	RE00167
DEP	10088976
Reference	{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}{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT AREAS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-189}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.