Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryArsenic, Zinc, Gold, Copper
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures, Fractures And Beddings
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Limonite, Malachite, Orpiment, Plumbojarosite, Realgar
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures (N-S And N40e), Folds And Faults
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Limonitization, Sericitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10020036
MRDS IDDC12215
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.35411, -112.2408
References
BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 140