Description
Matthew Cullen And A G Campbell
Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, Iron
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR/IRREGULAR
Ore controlFissure Fillings And Replacements
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Fluorite, Limonite, Malachite
GangueChlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Guilmette Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Intrusives Undiff
StructureBasin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition, (Star Range) Eastward Dipping Homocline Part Of Upper Thrust Plate
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline (Cordulleran)
AlterationNarrow Tactite Zone, Silicified
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1910
Discovery year1896
Identification
Deposit ID10087236
MRDS IDD005808
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.33524, -113.15636
References
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