Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Manganese
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR, LENTICULAR
Ore controlNorthwest-Striking Joints And Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Malachite, Pyrite, Turquoise, Uraninite
GangueQuartz, Specularite
Geology
Host rockGranite
StructureBasin And Range, South Flank Fault Of Sheeprock Mountains Striking Approx. N45w
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1908
Identification
Deposit ID10088997
MRDS IDRE00241
Alternate namesSilver Shield
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.91938, -112.5183
References
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 5948, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAHCOHENOUR, R.E., 1963, BERYLLIUM AND ASSOC. MINERALIZATION IN THE SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS., IN BOWYER, BEN, AND OTHERS, BERYLLIUM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 17, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SLC, UTCOHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63 P. 117HARRIS, DEVERLE, 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE DUTCH PEAK AREA, SHEEPROCK RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBL. M.S. THESIS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV., PROVO, UTAH; REF. 5 LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920 IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHER, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, P. 428-429; REF. 6 USGS, 1929, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., P. 632; REF. 7 USGS, 1930, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., P. 606U.S.G.S, 1929, MIN. RES. OF U.S., P. 632