Description
Freeport Minerals
Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault Zone
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Ash-Flow Tuff,Andesite · Undivided Middle Cambrian Limestone;
Associated rockAsh-Flow Tuff,Andesite · Mt. Laird Tuff;Andesite And Latite Of Keg Spring;
StructureDeep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Nw-Striking High-Angle Fault
Tectonic settingBasin-Range Extension
AlterationArgillic, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1987
Identification
Deposit ID10055172
MRDS IDRE00215
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.82633, -112.92859
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.