Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Gold, Silver
SecondaryArsenic, Antimony
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures-(Trending Ne-Sw And Dipping Steeply West)
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite · Rhyolie Porphyry
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures,Fractures,Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Oroginic Belt
AlterationDolomitization,Sericitization, Limonitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1895
Last production1907
Identification
Deposit ID10042246
MRDS IDM058663
Alternate namesJessie Lakin Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.31161, -112.21497
References
BISSELL,H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.BUTTLER,B.S.,ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.SPURR, JE.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH:U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.GILLULY, J., 1932, P.138