Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR VEIN
Ore controlAlong Fault Contact (Ne)
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Malachite, Smithsonite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Chert · Toroweap Formation
StructureColorado Plateau/Basin & Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline, Eastward Dipping Homocline (Star Range) Believed To Be Part Of An Eastward Moving Thrust Plate.
Tectonic settingPaleozoic Miogeosyncline.
AlterationFault Breccia
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087097
MRDS IDD004701
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.3469, -113.12108
References
ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.,A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO., UT, UGMS SPEC. S. 46GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973, UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. 3.PERRY, L.,I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22.BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOL. OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. STUDIES, V.9, PART 2. P. 29-52.1913 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #801920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #1111962 GEOLMAP BAER,J.L., BYU STUDIES V.91963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V. USGS BULL 1135-B1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #31973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS#46BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UTAH P. HD. THESIS.EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.