Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead, Copper, Zinc
TertiaryManganese, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR VEINS
Ore controlFissure Veins In Favorable Carbonate Strata
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Smithsonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Toroweap Formation;Kaibab-Plympton Undiff
StructureBasin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range-Ne Trending Fissures
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
AlterationKaolinitization, Marbleization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1872
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10010740
MRDS IDD004678
Alternate namesGold Crown Extension Mine, Gold Bar
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.34774, -113.10441
References
ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P. 29-52.BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 221913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #801920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #1111962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.91963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-BBAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P.HD. THESIS.1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #31973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.