Description
Majestic Mining Co.
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondarySilver, Copper, Sulfur
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody form"CHIMNEY"
Ore controlSteeply Dipping, Northward Striking, Premineral Fissures Intersected By Eastward Striking Premineral Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Sulfur
GangueHematite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Plymton-Kiabab-Toroweap Undiff
StructureBasin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range (East Limb Of A Northward Trending Anticline).
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
AlterationContact Metamorphism, Marbleization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1872
Discovery year1872
Identification
Deposit ID10087088
MRDS IDD004676
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36079, -113.09191
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, J.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. 6PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 221913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #801920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P.HD. THESIS.1950 DIREXPL USBM REPORT OF INVEST. #46421963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #31973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.