Mine detail: Morgan Mine

Previously called 'R.E. Plaugh Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.93272, -112.42386

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1954);
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Monzonite Porphyry;
Associated type:Monzonite
Structure:Basin And Range, Surrounding Strata (Nw, 40 Ne)
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSRE00212
DEP10088990
Reference{Deposit:: COHENOUR, R.E., 1954, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 63, P. 116.}{Deposit:: HEIKES, V.C., 1920, BLUE BELL DISTRICT, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 431.}{Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 53.}{Production:: BUTLER, 1920, P. 430.; USGS, MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S., 1917, 1928, 1930.}
ReporterMessenger, Harold M. III