Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver
TertiaryTungsten, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR/PARALLEL WITH FISSURE
Ore controlProximity To Intrusion
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Hemimorphite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
GangueApatite, Calcite, Garnet, Mica, Serpentine
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock,Dolomite,Chert · Kaibab-Plympton (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Moenkopi Formation
StructureBasin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range(Ne Plunging Anticline)
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
AlterationSilification, Marbleization, Kaolinitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10087094
MRDS IDD004693
Alternate namesLittle May Lilly
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.39385, -113.10302
References
ABOU-ZEID, S. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUAD., STAR DISTRICT BEAVER CO., UTAH: U.G.M.S. SPEC.STUD. NO. 46BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV. GEOL. STUDIES V. 9 PT. 2, P. 29-52BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOC. PUB. NO. 3, P. 6PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22WRAY, W.B., 1965, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REBEL MINE AREA, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UNPUBLISHED HONORS BS DISSERTATION, 89 P.1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #801920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #1111962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL.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. #31973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46WRAY, UGA PUBLIC. #3, 1973