Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlLateral Replacement Of Favorable Limestone Beds Adjacent To Cross Cutting Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsJarosite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Chert · Kaibab-Plympton-Toroweap Formations
StructureBasin & Range/Colorado Plateau Transition Sevier Orogenic Belt, (Star Range) Eastward Dipping Homocline Believed To Be Upper Thrust Plate.
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline. (Cordilleran)
AlterationLimonite, Calcite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10010743
MRDS IDD004683
Alternate namesVelvet Silver Mine, Lucky Boy Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.29802, -113.16858
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, I.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.22BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.1913 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-B1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #31973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46EVERTS, M.L., 1979. GEOLOGIST.