Mine detail: Devils Pit

Previously called 'Hell Hole'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.91965, -113.83806

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Iron, Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Specularite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Goethite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1933

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite (Host);Goshute Canyon Formation;Abercrombie Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Conglomerate
Associated rock:	Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	Basin & Range, Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	D007362
DEP	10101692
Reference	{Deposit:: THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.}{Deposit:: BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77}{Deposit:: 1977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI # 117}{Deposit:: REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979}{Deposit:: 1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.