Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlAlong Fracture Zones Near A Concealed Intrusive
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Hemimorphite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Notch Peak Formation
Associated rockRhyolite · Rhyolite Dike
StructureBasin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including A Ne Trending Asymmetrical Anticline, The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N 70 W & East-West
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationComplete Oxidation Of Ores.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID10020407
MRDS IDDC13178
Alternate namesWilson Mine, Wild Cat Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.85022, -113.45444
References
PERRY, L. I., & MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.HEYL, A. V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-BOLIVEIRA, M. E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1CHRISTENSEN, W. J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS1920 RECON BUTLER, B. S., USGS PP 1111963 RECON HEYL, A. V., USGS BULL. 1135-B1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 221976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22EVERTS, M. L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.