Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlOre Deposits Are Located In Veins & Carbonate Replacements Near Contact Zones Of Intrusive
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone,Dolomite · Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites
Associated rockMonzonite,Granite · Intrusives, Monz., Monz. Porp., Granite, Etc
StructureBasin & Range, Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationContact Metamorphism & Assoc. Minerals
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10011453
MRDS IDD006326
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.82801, -112.42747
References
STRINGHAM, B.F., 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL., V. 53, NO. 2PERRY, L.I. & MCARTHY, B., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #221920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 1111945 RECON HOBBS, S.W., USGS OPEN FILE RPT1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014EVERTS, M. 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.