Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formSTRINGERS
Ore controlNorthwest-Trending Fault Zones May Have Been The Feeder Zones; The Controlling Fault Strikes North And Dips Steeply To The East.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Upper Gardner Dolomite;Pine Canyon Limestone
StructureDeseret Anticline, North-Trending Anticline, Broad Canyon Reverse Fault, Unconformity Between Cambrian Units And Gardner Dolomite.
Tectonic settingSevier Oragenic Belt
AlterationJasperization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10040408
MRDS IDM055170
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.66687, -112.5997
References
SRC.REF: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8.31.BAILEY, E.H., PERSONAL FILES, USGSMESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8..31: UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, DENVER, COLORADO1961 RECON USBM-FURTHER WORK RECOMMENDED1963 RECON USBM-INVESTIGATION CONCLUDEDU.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8.31, DENVER, COLORADO