Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryMercury, Arsenic, Antimony
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures (N-S)
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Upper Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation
Associated rockRhyolite · Eagle Hill Rhyolite
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012737
MRDS IDD008587
Alternate namesEagle Hill Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.30272, -112.21636
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 QUADRANGLE: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.