Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Silver
TertiaryBarium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR VEIN
Ore controlOre Deposits Are Located In Veins & Carbonate Replacements Near Contact Zones Of Intrusive
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Calamine, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Smithsonite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone,Dolomite · Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites;Laketown Dolomite (Host)
Associated rockMonzonite,Granite · Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
StructureBasin & Range, Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationContact Metamorphism & Assoc. Minerals
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10020292
MRDS IDDC12940
Alternate names1888 Mine88 Mine, 88 Shaft
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.82689, -112.39997
References
STRINGHAM, B.F., 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL., V. 53, NO. 2.PERRY, L.I. & MCCARTHY, B., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22.HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. 76STRINGHAM, B. F., 1942 , MINERALIZATION IN W. TINTIC DISTRICT: GSA BULL VOL 53 , #2 , P. 2851920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 1111945 RECON HOBBS, S.W., USGS OPEN FILE RPT1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014USBM, MIN. Y.B., 1950, 1951.