Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsAurichalcite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite
Geology
StructureBeds Form The East Limb Of The Ophir Anticline. Beds (N-S, 30 - 35 N), Fissures (N 30 - 60 E, Steeply E)
AlterationSome Alteration Of Limestones To Hornfels.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1871
Identification
Deposit ID10020020
MRDS IDDC12181
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.39022, -112.27274
References
BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 379.GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, P. 152-153.USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-18, 1922-23; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1925-30, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1949-51BISSELL,H.J., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE S. OQUIRRH MTNS. & FIVEMILE PASS-N. BOULTER MTN. AREA: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 14, P. 215-223.