Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryArsenic, Antimony, Mercury
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Quartz, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of Great Blue Formation
Associated rockRhyolite · Eagle Hill Rhyolite
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10012736
MRDS IDD008586
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.29966, -112.21191
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.