Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fracturer
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Bird'S Eye Porphyry
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012702
MRDS IDD008541
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.34466, -112.22524
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. A.,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.