Description
C. C. Van Alstine
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlAlong Fracture Zones Near A Concealed Intrusive. Fissures Run E-Se
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Aurichalcite, Calamine, Cerargyrite, Covellite, Galena, Hydrozincite, Limonite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Willemite, Wulfenite
Geology
Host rockDolomite,Chert · Bell Hill Dolomite;Lost Sheep Dolomite
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
AlterationAlteration Is Not Import. & Does Not Help In Location
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1891 - 1917 , 1950
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10020409
MRDS IDDC13181
Alternate namesMill-John, Fish Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.85688, -113.45639
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 THESISBURANEK, A.L., AND CRAWFORD, A.L., 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MILLJOHN SILVER-LEAD MINING CLAIM, FISH SPRINGS DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND IND. DEV. CIRC. #10.1920 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 #22BUTLER, B. S., AND OTHER, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL 111