Mine detail: Squaw Gulch Pit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.46302, -113.28581

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue:	Magnetite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Orr Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Cactus Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt, Nw Striking Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Contact Metasomatism, Bleaching

References

MRDS	M058910
DEP	10095650
Reference	{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-724, SCALE 1:48,000}{Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS}{Deposit:: STRINGHAM, B., 1967, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION NEAR THE HORN SILVER MINE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC STUDIES NO. 16.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.