Commodities
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlShear Zone; Strike, Dip Os Approximately The Same As The Chalcopyrite-Milky Quartz Vein.
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueHematite, Pyrolusite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale · Pioche Shale
StructureNorth-Trending Syncline, Parallel To The Deseret Peak Anticlinal Axis.
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10087644
MRDS IDD008448
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.42133, -112.6422
References
ALMQUIST, CAR., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DENVER, COLORADO.RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY, 175P.1980 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES-DENVER, COLOMESSENGER, H.M., III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY