Mine detail: South Black Mountain Adit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.17303, -112.89329

Resource(M)

Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Pioche Mineral Belt, Blue Ribbon Lineament, Sevier Orogenic Belt, N 20 W Striking Fracture Zone
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Extension.
Alteration processes:	Propylitic, Argillic, Silicification

References

MRDS	M058921
DEP	10095651
Reference	{Deposit:: ERICKSON, M.P., AND DASCH, J.E., 1969, VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY, MAGNETIC DATA AND ALTERATION, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE JARLOOSE MINING DISTRICT, SOUTH OF MINERSVILLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS MAP NO. 26}{Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.