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Mount Nebo Mining District, Juab County, Utah, USAi
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Mindat Locality ID:
37396
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:37396:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Timmons Mining District


The Mount Nebo mining district is in easternmost Juab County on the northwest flank of the mountain with the same name. The district was organized in 1870 and became a modest Pb-Zn-Ag producer. Total district metal production at modern metal prices is estimated at $3.3 million. The Privateer (Eva) Pb-Zn-Ag underground mine, discovered in 1911, is the largest producer in the district (Bullock, 1962).
The Mount Nebo district is in the southern Wasatch Range of the Middle Rocky Mountain province. The district is underlain by Proterozoic and Paleozoic rocks that dip moderately east in the northern part of the district and steeply east in the south. Mineralization in the Mount Nebo district is associated with zones of structural weakness created by folding and faulting. The resulting shatter zones acted as channelways for mineralizing hydrothermal fluids and orebodies formed where these channels intersect favorable host strata. Ore deposits consist primarily of fissure veins, pipes, and bedded replacement bodies in Paleozoic carbonate rocks. The Middle Mississippian Deseret Limestone has been the principal ore host. The primary ore/ sulfide minerals include galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, argentite, pyrite, and barite (Bullock, 1962). The Privateer mine produced about 2000 tons of high-grade ore from a single stope in a crinoidal limestone in the top of the Deseret Limestone. This ore assayed about 30% Pb and 340 ppb Ag. The orebody was truncated by the Eva fault, which trends north-northeast and dips steeply west (Bullock, 1962).
The bulk of this district is currently part of the Mount Nebo Wilderness Area.

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13 valid minerals.

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Acanthite
Formula: Ag2S
Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
'Calamine'
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Galena
Formula: PbS
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.
'Limonite'
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Pyrolusite
Formula: Mn4+O2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Acanthite2.BA.35Ag2S
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Pyrolusite4.DB.05Mn4+O2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Unclassified
'Limonite'-
'Calamine'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C CerussitePbCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
O AnglesitePbSO4
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O CerussitePbCO3
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O CupriteCu2O
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O PyrolusiteMn4+O2
O QuartzSiO2
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S AcanthiteAg2S
S AnglesitePbSO4
S BaryteBaSO4
S GalenaPbS
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
MnManganese
Mn PyrolusiteMn4+O2
CuCopper
Cu CupriteCu2O
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
Zn SphaleriteZnS
AgSilver
Ag AcanthiteAg2S
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pb AnglesitePbSO4
Pb CerussitePbCO3
Pb GalenaPbS

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