Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryAntimony, Mercury, Silver, Arsenic
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Cinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Bird'S Eye Porphyry
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSeirer Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10012703
MRDS IDD008542
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.34633, -112.22413
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.