Description
Danford Ferguson
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Zinc
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlContact Metamorphic
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueChlorite, Fluorite, Magnetite, Serpentine
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Guilmette Formation
StructureBasin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition Sevier Orogenic Belt, (Star Range) Eastward Dipping Homocline, Part Of Upper Thrust Plate
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
AlterationRecrystallization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1908
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10087089
MRDS IDD004680
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.3394, -113.15302
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. 6BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL 110, P. 131913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #801920 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. #3BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P.HD. THESIS.1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.