Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR, LENS, PODS
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Conglomerate · Dakota Formation
StructureClastic Units - 10 - 15 Ft Thick Separated By 30 Ft Barren Gray-Green Shale, Lisbon Valley Fault.
Tectonic settingStable Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10015032
MRDS IDDB00030
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.2411, -109.26375
References
WEIR, G.W., AND PUFFETT, W.P., 1982, INCOMPLETE MANUSCRIPT ON STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND URANIUM-VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH-COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 81-39, 292P.MONISON, S.J. AND PARRY, W.T., 1986, FORMATION OF CARBONATE-SULFATE VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH COPPER ORE DEPOSITS FROM SALINE BASIN BRINES, LISBON VALLEY, UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 81, P. 1853-1866.JONES, H., 1978