Commodities
PrimaryPotassium, Aluminum, Gold
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlFractures And Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite, Gold
GangueCalcite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Mt. Belknap Rhyolite
StructurePioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt, Marysvale Volcanic Field, Faults, Nne To N-S Striking, Down-To-The-West Normalfaults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
AlterationSilicification, Pyrite, Sericitic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10009246
MRDS IDD002014
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.38053, -112.5694
References
CUNNINGHAM,C.G., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER NE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U. S. GEOL. -SURVEY MAP MF-1191ELEVATORSKI, A. E., 1982, VOLCANOGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS: MINOBRAS PUBLICATION, AVAILABLE FROM MINOBRAS, P. O. BOX 262-, DANA POINT, CA., 926291910 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PUB1914 RECON LOUGHLIN, PUB1940 RECON USBM: PUB1943 GEOMAP CALLAGHAN & WILLARD, MAPBUTLER & OTHERS, 1920.^253 LOUGHLIN, 1915.^253 CALLAGHAN,1938, 1973, 1961.^253 THOENEN, 1941.EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.