Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Gold
TertiaryIron, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formPIPE
Ore controlFissures Trending Within 5-10 Degrees Of North
Materials
Ore mineralsAurichalcite, Calamine, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Hydrozincite, Limonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wad
GangueActinolite, Andradite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Sericite, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Madison Limestone
StructureOquirrh Mtns., Close To Axis Of Ophir Anticline, Near Prominent Rhyolite Porphyry Dike
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10020016
MRDS IDDC12176
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.38411, -112.26663
References
GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 144-146BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 378-379.