Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryGold, Zinc
TertiaryCopper, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, SHEET-LIKE, PIPELIKE
Ore controlMostly Fissure-Fillings, Also Favorable Beds And Intersections Of Fractures, Bedding Planes
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Laketown Dolomite
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
AlterationLimonitization, Argillitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10011132
MRDS IDD005390
Alternate namesIndependence, Empire
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.24659, -114.0353
References
RYAN, G.H., 1914, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS IN LUCIN MINING DISTRICT: SALT LAKE MIN. REV. 16, APRIL 30.SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH VOL. 1 P 821973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVETHIS REVIEW