Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
SecondarySilver, Lead, Iron, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlA N45w System Of Discontinous Bifurcating Fractures Cuts An Older N80-85e System
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Specularite, Sphalerite
GangueGoethite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Schist · Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation;Abercrombie Formation
Associated rockRhyolite,Pegmatite,Granite · Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes
StructureBasin & Range, Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087495
MRDS IDD007557
Alternate namesWaverly, Waverly 1, Jumbo, Richmond, Jumbo Ext.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.78994, -113.97945
References
THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99.BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069.BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979; PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #221966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 771977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI #1171979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.