Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury, Silver
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold, Limonite, Pyrite, Realgar
GangueBarite, Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones
StructureBasin And Range, Faults, And Fractures
Tectonic settingSerier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1895
Identification
Deposit ID10012730
MRDS IDD008574
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.27772, -112.19691
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