Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissure Systems
Materials
Ore mineralsAurichalcite, Hemimorphite
GangueKaolinite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Kaibab Formation
StructureBasin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition Sevier Orogenic Belt, Star Range
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline. (Cordilleran)
AlterationKaolinitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087006
MRDS IDD004386
Alternate namesBonanza, Emerson Horn Silver Mine, Bellevue #2, Gale
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.37413, -113.12524
References
ABOU-ZIED,S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46BAER, I.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P. 29-52.BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6.PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 221913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P. HD. THESIS.1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #1111962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.91963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #31973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.