Utah · Beaver County
Past Producer
Old Hickory Mine
Beaver County, Utah, United States
Iron
Tungsten
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Iron, Tungsten
Secondary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Contact Metamorphic
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
IRREGULAR-VEINS-ELONGATE-TABULAR
Ore control
Favorable Country Rock & Proximity To Intrusive
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue
Diopside, Magnetite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rock
Limestone,Dolomite · Torroweap Formation;Volcanics Undiff;Harrington Formation
Associated rock
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite · Volcanics Undiff
Structure
Basin And Range, Assymetric Anticline/Rocky Range
Tectonic setting
Paleozoic Miogeosyncline
Alteration
Skarn
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1912
Discovery year
1900
Identification
Deposit ID
10087246
MRDS ID
D005835
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
38.44996, -113.06747
References
WHELAN, J A, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY RANGE; UGMS IN PRESSEVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY