Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Gold
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore control3 To 4 Foot Limestone Bed Beneath The Long Trail Shale Mbr.
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueJarosite, Limonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureOquirrh Mtns., Ophir Anticline
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10088427
MRDS IDDC12189
Alternate namesOphir-Mono Coalition, Mono-Kearsarge Consolidated Mine, Madison Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.38966, -112.27719
References
CRAWFORD, A.L. AND A.M. BURANEK, 1942, THE MONO AND KEARSARGE HOLDINGS, DRY CANYON, TOOELE CO., UTAH: STATE OF UTAH DEPT. OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CIRCULAR NO. 20., 23 P.ROMSLO, T.M., 1962, BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 30.4.GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 153-155.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 379.MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY.USGS, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1923, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.USBM, 1928-30, 1939-1943, 1947, 1949-1952, MINERAL YEARBOOKS.GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 154.