Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Gold, Malachite, Plumbojarosite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Great Blue Limestone;Humbug Formation
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1923
Last production1925
Identification
Deposit ID10088433
MRDS IDDC12212
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.36411, -112.24191
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.GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 141-142.