Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR VEIN
Ore controlLateral Replacement Of Favorable Limestone Beds Adjacent To Cross Cutting Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsJarosite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Chert · Kaibab-Plympton Formation;Toroweap Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite · Intrusives Undifferientiated
StructureColorado Plateau/Basin & Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline, Eastward Dipping Homocline (Star Range) Believed To Be Part Of An Eastward Moving Thrust Plate.
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10011241
MRDS IDD005778
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.29552, -113.17274
References
ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J, A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO, UT, UGMS SPEC S 46GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973, UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL 3.PERRY, L, I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22.BAER, J L, 1962, GEOL OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B Y U STUDIES, V 9, PART 2, P 29-52.1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #801920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #1111962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU STUDIES V 9BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UTAH P HD THESIS.1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #31973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATIONS: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR