Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryMercury, Antimony, Iron
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
Associated rockDiorite
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSerier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012708
MRDS IDD008547
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.34077, -112.2383
References
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