Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury, Antimony, Arsenic, Silver
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of Great Blue Formation
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012692
MRDS IDD008524
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.32272, -112.1983
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. PRO. 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.MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION:U.G.M.S.