Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
SecondarySilver
TertiaryZinc, Gold
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR/STEEPLY DIPPING AND CUT ACROSS BEDDING
Ore controlFissure Replacements Close To Intrusive Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chrysocolla, Corkite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueDiopside, Garnet, Limonite, Magnetite, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock,Limestone,Chert
StructureBasin And Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline. (Cordilleran)
AlterationAltered Completely To Secondary Minerals
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1895
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10087093
MRDS IDD004690
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.37857, -113.1508
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. 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.1962 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 #46MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1925.