Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Cinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale
Associated rockDiorite · Bird'S Eye Porphyry
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Oroganic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10012701
MRDS IDD008540
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.338, -112.2233
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.