Commodities
PrimaryGold, Bismuth, Tungsten
TertiaryCopper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFavorable Coarsely Crystalline Bleached Limestone Beds
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuthinite, Bismutite, Gold, Jarosite, Malachite, Scheelite, Stolzite
GangueCalcite, Diopside, Orthoclase, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
StructureBasin And Range, North-South Normal Faults
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
AlterationBleaching, Argillitization, Chloritization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1914
Identification
Deposit ID10098475
MRDS IDM057072
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.11243, -113.8364
References
BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PP. 111NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS, PP. 177THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTN. TOOELE AND JUAB CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, BULL. 99EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 80141920 RECON B.S. BUTLER, PROF. PAPER 111, P. 4821935 GEOLMAP T.B. NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 138-1401961 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8014NOLAN, T.B., 1935; EVERETT, F.D., 1961DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY