Commodities
PrimaryGold, Mercury
SecondaryAntimony, Silver, Iron
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Bird'S Eye Porphyry
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10012706
MRDS IDD008545
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.34744, -112.23719
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.