Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSheeprock Granite- Precambrian Metasediments Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Specularite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);
Associated rockGranite · Sheeprock Granite;
StructureBasin And Range
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055171
MRDS IDRE00213
Alternate namesFree Coinage Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.95133, -112.51274
References
COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63 P. 117U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1981, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 6734, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAHU.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 476U.S.G.S., 1918, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, P. 402USGS, MINERAL RES. OF U.S., 1918, P. 402; USBM, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1945, P. 476