Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryLead, Copper
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPATCHES AND POCKETS OF IRREGULAR FORM
Ore controlBedding Planes, And Small Structural Features (Crenulations)
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Vipont Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite · Rhyolite Porphyry
StructureNumerous Small Crenulations Roughly Radial To Syncline
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10087193
MRDS IDD005429
Alternate namesIncludes Lexington-Argenta Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.96435, -113.85226
References
SRC.REF: PETERSON, 1942BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER III.PETERSON, V.E., 1942, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ASHBROOK MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: ECON. GEOL. 37, P. 466-502.DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN1920 RECON B.S. BUTLER PROF. PAPER III1942 GEOLMAP PETERSON, SOC. OF ECON GEOL. BULL.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOKSTHIS REVIEW