Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryArsenic, Mercury, Antimony
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissuers-Trending Ene-Wsw And N-S; Dipping Steeply Due West
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Cinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limsestone
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSerier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomization, Sericitization, Limomitization, Kaolominzation And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087663
MRDS IDD008506
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.33272, -112.21913
References
BISSELL,H.J., ET.AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.GILLULY, J.,1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.BUTLER, B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.BISSELL, H.J., 19598 P. 214; SPURR, J.E., 1895, P.407