Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Gold
SecondarySilver, Arsenic
TertiaryIron, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures-Trending Ene-Wsw And N-S; Dipping Steeply Due West
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Sericitization, Limonitization, Kaolimization, And Siliceitication
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1872
Last production1907
Identification
Deposit ID10012696
MRDS IDD008533
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.32216, -112.21191
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., ER. 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.SPURR, J.E., 1895, P. 422