Mine detail: Kennecott Drill Holes

Previously called 'Southwest Tintic Project'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.87856, -112.11412

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Epidote, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1945

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Sunrise Peak Stock
Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:Sunrise Peak Stock
Associated type:Monzonite
Alteration processes:Argillization Silicification

References

MRDSM058574
DEP10095623
Reference{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.}{Deposit:: COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.}{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.}{Deposit:: HANSEN, S.M., PENCILED MAP OF DRILL HOLES, UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENT IN THE WRITE* FILES}
ReporterJames, Laurence P.