Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, TABULAR
Ore controlCliff Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsAurichalcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueJarosite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Madison Limestone;Lynch And Jefferson Dolomites
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureOquirrh Mtns., Near Axis Of Ophir Anticline
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationOxidization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10020017
MRDS IDDC12178
Alternate namesBuckhorn Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.38133, -112.26302
References
GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 143-144.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 379-380.USGS, 1916, 1917 AND 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES-PART 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 61.GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 143.