Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Gold, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsAurichalcite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite
GangueJarosite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Humbug
StructureOquirrh Mtns., Ophir Anticline
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationLimestone Locally Altered To Hornfels
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1871
Identification
Deposit ID10042133
MRDS IDM058450
Alternate namesMoro-Kearsarge Consolidated Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.38994, -112.27413
References
GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 152-153CRAWFORD, A.L., AND A-M. BURANEK, 1942, THE MONO AND KEARSARGE HOLDINGS, DRY CANYON, TOOELE CO., UTAH: UGMS CIRCULAR NO. 20, 23P.ROMSLO, T.M., 1962, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 30.4.USBM, 1925-1930, 1935, 1937, 1939-1940, 1944, 1947, 1949-1951, MINERAL YEARBOOKS.USGS, 1916-1918, 1922-1923, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATESMITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITYGILLULY, J., 1932, P. 152-153