Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Gold
SecondaryArsenic, Silver, Antimony
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10087678
MRDS IDD008588
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.31383, -112.1933
References
BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOOK 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 GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.