Mine detail: Imperial Deposit Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.17021, -113.83891

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Gold, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Jarosite, Malachite
Gangue:	Garnet
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1888

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Aquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Limestone
Associated rock:	Quartz Monzonite; Aplite Dikes
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Structure:	Basin And Range
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Bleaching, Recrystall G Ization, Silication Of Ls.

References

MRDS	D008382
DEP	10094494
Reference	{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H. M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T. B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1980, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 4388: STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T. B., PROF. PAPER 177, P1.}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III