Mine detail: Superior Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

40.59244, -111.49689

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Tintic Quartzite;Gardison And Deseret Limestones
Host type:	Diorite,Quartzite,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Flagstaff Mountain Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Uinta Arch, Dutch Hollow Thrust, Local Normal Faulting
Tectonic:	Central Wasatch Range
Alteration processes:	Granodiorite Is Partially Altered; Carbonate Is Locally Marmorized

References

MRDS	M058631
DEP	10095630
Reference	{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, P. 228.}{Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S. AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-864.}{Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.}{Deposit:: HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1901, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW: VOL 22, SEPT. 15, 1901, P. 22.}{Deposit:: HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1901, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW: VOL. 3, NOV. 30, 1901, P. 25.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.