Description
Louis Lessing, Beaver, Utah
Commodities
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlContact Zone Of Igneous And Sedimentary
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Malachite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Chert · Redwall Limestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite · Intrusives Undifferientiated;Shauntie Quartz Monzonite Stock
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
AlterationArgillization, Silification, Pyritization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1973
Discovery year1972
Identification
Deposit ID10011255
MRDS IDD005810
Alternate namesBlack Bart #1 and #2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.32607, -113.16191
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, LI, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22.BULLOCK, KC, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL 110 P 111913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #801920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UTAH P HD THESIS.1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU STUDIES V 91963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #31973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR