Utah · Tooele County
Past Producer

Mountain Lion Mine

Tooele County, Utah, United States
GoldSilverLead
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Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Gold, Plumbojarosite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
StructureBasin And Range, Faults And Fissures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012682
MRDS IDD008502
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.36188, -112.24941
References
BISSELL,H.J.,ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL.14, 262P.GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.SPURR,J.E.,1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 141