Mine detail: Little Valley Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 40.07633, -112.60164

Resource(M)

Primary: Antimony, Thallium
Gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Other material: Parapierrotite
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, N-S Striking Faults That Terminate To The South Against A Prominent N-W Striking Fault
Tectonic:Basin And Range Extension
Alteration processes:Silicification, Minor Bleaching

References

MRDSRE00223
DEP10088993
Reference{Deposit:: MOORE, W.J., AND SORENSON, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TOOELE 1 DEGREE BY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, UTAH: USGS MISC. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1132, SCALE 1:250000}{Deposit:: COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 63, 201 P.}{Deposit:: EDENHARTER, A., AND PETERS, T., 1979, HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF SULFOSALTS CONTAINING TL:Z. KRISTALLOGR., VOL. 150, NO. 1-4, P. 169-180.}{Deposit:: A SAMPLE CONTAINING PARAPIERROTITE WAS COLLECTED BY THE UGMS AND CONTAINED: 5 PPB AU, >5000 PPB HG, <20 PPM BA, 21 PPM CU, 255 PPM PB, 186 PPM ZN, 8 PPM MO, <0.5 PPM AG, <1 PPM CO, 13 PPM NI, 166 PPM CR, 286 PPM MN, < 10 PPM W, < 5 PPM SE, < 2 PPM BI, 210 PPM HS, > 2000 PPM SB, > 100 PPM TL}
ReporterShubat, Michael A.