Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Plumbojarosite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Birds Eye Porphyry
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures And Golds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Last production1936
Identification
Deposit ID10020037
MRDS IDDC12217
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.3605, -112.2458
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. 140-141