Mine detail: Cunepah Tunnel

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.19992, -114.02808

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Tertiary: Gold, Copper
Ore: Anglesite, Galena, Hemimorphite
Gangue: Calcite, Goethite, Limestone
Orebody form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Guilmette Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Patterson Pass Stock
Associated type:Monzonite
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Limonitization

References

MRDSDB02024
DEP10098023
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: UGMS FILES}{Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY - NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. P. 112 .}{Deposit:: BLUE, D. M., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LUCIN MINING DISTRICT, BOX ELDER COUNTY UTAH AND ELKO CO., NEVADA: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS.}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.}{Deposit:: 1964 RECON SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR - PUBLICATION}{Deposit:: 1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY}{Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.