Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Copper
SecondarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR-IRREGULAR VEINS
Ore controlFissures That Cut Limestone (Ne & Dip Steeply Nw)
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite,Chert · Guilmette Formation;Pilot Shale
Associated rockPlutonic Rock
StructureBasin And Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt, Local Normal Faults, Thrusting
Tectonic settingCordilleran, Miogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1875
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10011250
MRDS IDD005799
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.34829, -113.14886
References
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