Description
Dugway Copper Mining & Smelting Co.
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Silver
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone,Dolomite · Prospect Mtn Quartzite;Madison Ls;Woodman Formation
Associated rockRhyodacite · Rhyodacite Breccia & Tuffs
StructureBasin & Range, Nw-Trending Kellys Hole Fault
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10021226
MRDS IDDC15238
Alternate namesContact Claim Dugway Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.98855, -113.2011
References
SRC.REF: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCC. IN UTAH, UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV. BULL. 110, PG 75EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLOURITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURV. BULL 110, P. 741964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, USGS PP 41USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1948, 1949