Mine detail: Andalusite Hornfels Area

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.16213, -113.83474

Resource(N)

Tertiary: Kyanite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: CONTACT-METAMORPHIC
Production size: Medium
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Structure:BASIN AND RANGE
Alteration processes:CONVERSION OF CLAY MINERALS TO ANDALUSITE.

References

MRDSD008389
DEP60000318
Reference{Deposit:: KEMP, J.F., AND PAUL BILLINGSLEY, 1918, NOTES ON GOLD HILL AND VICINITY, TOOELE COUNTY, WESTERN UTAH: ECON. GEOL., V.13, P. 247.}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 177.}{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.}