Mine detail: El Dorado Prospect

Previously called 'Desert Mining Co. Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.16105, -113.28222

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Copper
Gangue:	Fluorite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Mafic Dike;Aplite, Pegmatite Dikes;Leucogranite
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Diorite
Structure:	Swarms Of Northeast-Striking Pegmatite Dikes, Numerous Aplite And Pegmatite Dikes
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Mafic Dike Near The Vein Is Altered

References

MRDS	DC15158
DEP	10102139
Reference	{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 110, P. 77}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111.}{Deposit:: FOWKES, E.J., 1964, PEGMATITES OF GRANITE PEAK MOUNTAIN, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 11, P. 97 -123.}{Deposit:: PARK, G.M., 1968, SOME GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOCHRANOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN WESTERN UTAH: UNPUBL. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.}{Production:: BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 111}
Reporter	Unknown, Messenger, Harold M. III