Commodities
PrimaryVolcanic Materials
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlPossible Vent Of Tuff Of Topaz Mountain Rhyolite
Materials
Ore mineralsPumice, Rhyolite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Black Crystal Tuff;Orange Crystal Tuff (Keg Mtn Rhyolite Ash Flow);
Associated rockRhyolite · Topaz Mountain Rhyolite;Keg Mountain Rhyolite;
StructureDeep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt
Tectonic settingBasin-Range Extension
AlterationWeak Argillic Alteration, Possibly Related To Vent
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055196
MRDS IDRE00262
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.80744, -112.78748
References
EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTMORRIS, H.T., SHAWE, D.R., AND LINDSEY, D.A., 1986, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KEG MOUNTAINS AND VICINITY, JUAB AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP, IN PREPARATION.MORRIS, H.T., 1978, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC AMP OF THE DELTA 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-705, 9 P.PLAVIDAL, K.R., 1987, THE GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE EASTERN KEG MOUNTAINS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: SALT LAKE CITY, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UNPUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS.