Commodities
PrimarySilver
TertiaryCopper, Gold, Lead, Iron, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlA N 10-15 E System Of Discontinuous Bifurcating Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Specularite, Sphalerite
GangueGoethite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Conglomerate · Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation (Host) Member A;Abercrombie Formation
Associated rockRhyolite,Granite · Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes
StructureBasin & Range, Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw & Thrust Plate
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationLimonite & Jarosite Stains
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1963
Discovery year1963
Identification
Deposit ID10012036
MRDS IDD007365
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.91688, -113.81223
References
SRC.REF: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99, P. 38THOMPSON, K.C. 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 1111966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 771977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI # 117REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 19791979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.THOMPSON, 1970, 1973, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99, P. 38