Mine detail: Buckeye Reef Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

37.24248, -113.36691

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Malachite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Chinle
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Cordilleran Hingeline, Leeds Anticline, Leeds Syncline, And Virgin Anticline, All Trending Northeast
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone

References

MRDS	M058726
DEP	10095635
Reference	{Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES}{Deposit:: PROCTOR, P.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 44}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.