Description
Robert And Terry Steele, Nephi Utah
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Bismuth
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFracture And Fault Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Argillite · Prospect Mountain Quartzite;Lower Member Of The Pioche Formation;
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite Porphyry;Andesite & Latite Flow (Host);
StructureDeep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Faults With Small Offset Striking Nw, Wnw, And Ne
Tectonic settingBasin-Range Extension
AlterationSilicification Oxidationvritification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1978
Identification
Deposit ID10088974
MRDS IDRE00158
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.82216, -112.96693
References
SHUBAT, M.A., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NORTHERN KEG MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, IN KOPP, R.S., AND COHENOUR, R.E., EDS., CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION 16, P. 451-462.MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB, MILLARD, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-185.