Description
Robert And Terry Steele, Nephi Utah
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryGold
TertiaryZinc, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFaults And Fracture Zones In Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Undivided Middle Cambrian Limestone;
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite Porphyryyolite;Andesite & Latite Flow (Host);
StructureDeep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Minor North-South-Striking Fault And Fracture Zones , Truncated By An East-West-Striking Fault.
Tectonic settingBasin-Range Extension
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1978
Identification
Deposit ID10055156
MRDS IDRE00187
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.82133, -112.90775
References
SHUBAT, M.A., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NORTHERN KEG MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, IN KOPP, R.S., AND COHENOUR, R.E., EDS., CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION 16, P. 451-462.MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB, MILLARD, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-185.