Commodities
PrimaryGold, Arsenic
SecondaryMercury, Silver, Antimony
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures-Stricking Ene-Wsw; N-S, And Dipping Very Steeply Due West.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
StructureBasin And Range, Fractures, Fissures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Limonitization, Sericitization, And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1879
Identification
Deposit ID10012705
MRDS IDD008544
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.31855, -112.21024
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.GILLULY, J., 1932, P.137-138