Mine detail: Timpie Canyon Copper Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.66687, -112.59442

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Gardner Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Deseret Anticline, Broad Canyon Reverse Fault
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Tetrahedrite To Malachite.

References

MRDS	D008488
DEP	10094498
Reference	{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, :UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.}{Deposit:: RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY}{Deposit:: 1980 GEOLMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVE}{Production:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,:UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III