Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore control"Favorable" Limestone Beds And 3 Fissure Systems (E-W, Nw-Se, Ne-Sw)
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Malachite, Smithsonite
GangueCalcite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Callville-Pakoon
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite Undiff;Lamphyrophric Dikes
StructureBasin And Range Colorado Plateau Transition Sever Orogenic Belt, Star Range
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
AlterationLimonitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087234
MRDS IDD005803
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.33607, -113.14886
References
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