Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Lead
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPOD-LIKE
Ore controlNorth-Trending Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Lake Bonneville Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Quartz Monzonite;
StructureDeep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, North Trending Faults & Fractures
Tectonic settingBasin-Range Extension, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10055182
MRDS IDRE00244
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.83578, -112.54247
References
REES, D.C., ERICKSON, M.P., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND DIATREMES OF DESERT MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDY 42.BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111.CALKINS, W.G., 1972, MAGNETIC AND GRAVITY STUDY OF DESERT MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 95.EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEO. AND MIN. SUR.