Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Mercury
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold, Limonite, Pyrite, Realgar
GangueBarite, Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones
StructureBasin And Range, Faults And Fractures
Tectonic settingSerier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSilicification And Dolomitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1895
Identification
Deposit ID10012729
MRDS IDD008573
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.27161, -112.19608
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.BUTTLER,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.138