Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Arsenic, Gold
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsAurichalcite, Cerargyrite, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Realgar
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Bird'S Eye Porphyry
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10012690
MRDS IDD008520
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.35327, -112.22441
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.