Mine detail: Apex

Previously called 'Dixie'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.06938, -113.80471

Resource(B)

Primary: Gallium, Germanium
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver, Arsenic, Zinc
Other material: Adamite, Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Azurite, Brochantite, Cerussite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Goethite, Hematite, Hydrozincite, Jarosite, Malachite, Rosasite, Smithsonite
Discovery year: 1884

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1884

Geology

References

MAS490530085
DEP10276875
Reference{Deposit:: MUSTO EXPLORATIONS LTD. ANNUAL REPORTS 1981 - 1986.}{Deposit:: PAYDIRT MAGAZINE SOUTHWESTERN EDITION. ST. GEORGE MINING}{Deposit:: SAYS RECOVERY PROBLEMS AT APEX IMPROVING. APRIL 1987,}{Deposit:: P. 29A.}{Deposit:: _______. ST. GEORGE STRUGGLING WITH GERMANIUM, GALLIUM}{Deposit:: RECOVERIES. FEB 1987, P. 23A.}{Deposit:: _______. UTAH GERMANIUM AND GALLIUM PRODUCER GETTING LINED}{Deposit:: OUT. OCT. 1986, P. 29A.}{Deposit:: PAYDIRT MAGAZINE INTERMOUNTAIN EDITION. ONLY U.S. GALLIUM-}{Deposit:: GERMANIUM MINE ON LINE SOON. DEC. 1984, P. 4A,5A.}{Geology:: BERNSTEIN, L. R, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE APEX}{Geology:: GERMANIUM-GALLIUM MINE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH. U.S.}{Geology:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1577. 1986, 9 PP.}{Geology:: DUTRIZAC, J. E., ET AL. HOST MINERALS FOR THE GALLIUM-}{Geology:: GERMANIUM ORES OF THE APEX MINE, UTAH. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,}{Geology:: V. 81, 1986, PP. 946-950.}{Geology:: HINTZE. LEHI F., GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CASTLE CHIEF AND}{Geology:: JARVIS PK. QUADRANGLES, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH. U.S.}{Geology:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT OF-85-120, 1984, 19PP.}{Geology:: WENRICH, K. J., ET AL. APEX MINE - A COLORADO PLATEAU-TYPE}{Geology:: SOLUTION COLLAPSE BRECCIA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. CIRCULAR 995,}{Geology:: 1987, PP. 73-74.}{Reserve-Resource:: MUSTO EXPLORATIONS 1986 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 4.}{Reserve-Resource:: MUSTO EXPLORATIONS 1984 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 2}
ReporterHite, Alan G.