Mine detail: Silver Reef Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.98744, -112.72803

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Cerargyrite, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Limestone,Shale,Quartzite
Structure:Basin And Range
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSRE00234
MAS490450349
DEP10088995
Reference{Deposit:: LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, Simpson Mountains (Erickson District), IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, The ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 455.}{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M., III, 1982, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS}{Deposit:: THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH, p. 287.}{Deposit:: Heyl, A.V., 1963, Oxidized zinc deposits of the U.S.: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1135B, p. 54-55.}{Deposit:: Consv. Comp. Date, 3-21-1958.}{Production:: LOUGHLIN, 1920, P.455; THOMAS, 1958, P. 287.}
ReporterTooker, Ed, Wong, George, Tripp, Bryce T., Messenger, Harold M., III, Wilson, Anna B.