Commodities
PrimarySulfur
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formVEIN
Ore controlFaulting
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone,Ash-Flow Tuff · Mt. Belknap Volcanics;Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Carbonates, Ss, And Conglomerates;Callville-Pakoon
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff
StructureBasin/Plateau Transition Zone, Local N S Trending High Angle Faults And Low Angle Glide Faults
Tectonic settingCordilleran Hingeline
AlterationClay
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10010734
MRDS IDD004664
Alternate namesExcelsier #38
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.61802, -112.55996
References
MOORE, J.N., & SAMBERG, S.M., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE COVE FORT-SULPHURDALE KGRA: UNIV. OF UTAH RESEARCH INST. EARTH SCIENCE LAB.BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL. 110.USGS MF-202 GEOLOGICAL MAP OF PART OF THE BEAVER QUADRANGLECASKEY, C.F., 1975, MID-TERTIARY VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY, SEVIER-COVE FORT AREA, CENTRAL UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGY, V. 2, NO. 1.1906 RECON LEE, W.T. USGS BULL 3151977 RECON STEVEN & CUNNINGHAM, USGS OPEN FILE 77-569UNION OIL COMPANY, 1978, COVE FORT-SULPHURDALE KGRA, MILLARD AND BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, GEOLOGIC MAP, TECHNICAL REPORTS.....U OF U MS RODRIGUEZ, E.L., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SULPHUR DEPOSITS AT SULPHURDALE1979 RECON STEVEN & CUNNINGHAM, OPEN FILE 79-535EVERTS, M.L, 1979, GEOLOGIST.