Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead, Copper, Iron, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlA N10-15e System Of Discontinous Bifurcating Fractures
Materials
GangueGoethite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrolusite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Conglomerate · Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation;Trout Creek Formation (Host) Unit G
Associated rockRhyolite,Granite · Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes
StructureBasin & Range, Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094448
MRDS IDD007556
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.80216, -113.92445
References
THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99.BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069.BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH. D. DISSERTATION.BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 1111966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979; PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #221977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI #1171979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8 (80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MIN. DEPOSITS OF DEEP CREEK MTNS.: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 99.