Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead
SecondaryGold, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formIRREGULAR, TABULAR
Ore controlLimestone-Quartz Monzonite Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueGarnet, Jarosite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Gold Hill Stock
StructureBasin And Range, Northwest-Striking Faults That Have Controlled Some Of The Quartz Monzonite Dikes
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationSilication Garnetization Of Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10088442
MRDS IDDC12281
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.16187, -113.86363
References
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEYNOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 1771935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.