Description
Surface Silver Galena Copper Co.
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlN-S, 10 E Bedding-Plane Fault; N35e, 45 Nw Fault Terminates Mineralized Bedding-Plane Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Smithsonite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale · Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);
StructureBasin And Range, N35e, 45 Nw Fault
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10088991
MRDS IDRE00214
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.91411, -112.74387
References
COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 63LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, P. 456THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH; UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAHUSGS, 1951, UNPUBLISHED, CONFIDENTIAL DMEA REPORTUSGS 1951 DMEA REPORT