Utah · Beaver County
Past Producer

Rattler Mine Group

Beaver County, Utah, United States
ZincLead
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR VEIN
Ore controlNe Trending Fissures Parallel To The Lincoln Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Kaibab Formation (Principle Host);Callville-Pakoon
Associated rockGranite · Lincoln Stock
StructureBasin And Range, Lincoln Fault
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
AlterationMarble, Scarn
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10011285
MRDS IDD005860
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.26858, -112.88469
References
PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR