Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueClay, Gypsum, Limonite, Opal
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Cottonwood Canyon Formation, Brian Head Group
Associated rockAndesite · Interbedded Andesite Flows, Tuffs, Breccias
StructureFault Zone, Nearby Laccolith.
Tectonic settingHigh Plateau - (Stable Platform - Basin & Range Transition).
AlterationOpalization, Hematitization, Argillitization.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10015581
MRDS IDDB01590
Alternate namesSpry, Dog Valley
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.09858, -112.40634
References
SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975 , P. 139 - 143 .DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1071966 GEOCHEM UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 , P. 1421966 GEOLMAP UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 , P. 140 .1966 GEOPHYS UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 P. 143 .