Description
American Mining Company
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryIron, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSkarn Cu
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlContact Between Limestone And Intrusive Northeast Striking Faults.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Gold, Malachite
GangueDiopside, Garnet, Serpentine, Wollastonite
Other materialsMagnetite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Toroweap
Associated rockMonzonite
StructureSeveir Orogenic Belt, Pioche Mineral Belt, Northeast Striking Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
AlterationContact Metasomatism
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1974
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID10106579
MRDS IDM058880
Alternate namesOK Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.45496, -113.07691
References
WHELAN, J.A., 1982, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND MINERALOGY OF THE ROCKY RANGE, NEAR MILFORD, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES NO. 57, 35 P.SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION; UGMSMDA-Western States Engineering, 1998 OK Mine Profect Feasibility Study, Vol. 1 Nevada Star Resource Corp. private report, Dec. 1998