Commodities
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlEne Striking Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Pakoon Dolomite And Callville Limestone, Undivided
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Mafic Intrusive Rock
StructurePioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt, Ene Striking Strike-Slip Fault With Limestone On The North And Quartzite On South
Tectonic settingBasin And Range Extension
AlterationBleaching, Propylitic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10088819
MRDS IDM058886
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36274, -113.1383
References
LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MILFORD QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1471, SCALE 1:48,000.STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521SHUBAT, M.A., 1785, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMSABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 46