Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryMercury, Antimony, Arsenic
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures-Trending Ene-Wsw;N-S, And Dipping Very Steeply Due West
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Cinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
StructureBasin And Range, Fractures, Fissures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1890
Last production1907
Identification
Deposit ID10012691
MRDS IDD008522
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.32133, -112.20913
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.BUTTLER,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.137-139