Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFractures In Quartzite Above Thrust
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite
GangueHematite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Prospect Mountain Quartzite;05;
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite Porphyry;Andesite & Latite Flow (Host);
StructureDeep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Thrust Fault Just Below Prospect, Numerous Fractures, High-Angle, Ne-Striking Fault To East
Tectonic settingBasin-Range Extension, Foreland Fold And Thrust Belt
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10092971
MRDS IDRE00226
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.82827, -112.91803
References
SHUBAT, M.A., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NORTHERN KEG MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, IN KOPP, R.S., AND COHENOUR, R.E., EDS., CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION 16, P. 451-462.MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB, MILLARD, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-185.