Commodities
PrimaryGold, Mercury
SecondaryArsenic, Silver, Antimony
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures - Striking Ene-Wsw; N-S And Dipping Very Steeply Due West.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue
StructureBasin And Range., Fractures, Fissures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Limomitization, Sericitization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1895
Last production1907
Identification
Deposit ID10087673
MRDS IDD008531
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.32216, -112.20969
References
BISSELL, H.H., 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.BUTTLER, B.S., ET. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLGOY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2, 454P.DPUTT, J.E., 1895, P.404