Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondaryCopper, Silver
TertiaryZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlOre Deposits Are Located In Veins & Carbonate Replacements Near Contact Zones Of Intrusive
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone,Dolomite · Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites;Laketown Dolomite
Associated rockMonzonite,Granite · Intrusives, Monz., Monz. Porp., Granite, Etc
StructureBasin & Range, Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationContact Metamorphism & Assoc. Minerals
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10101644
MRDS IDD006169
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.82717, -112.40386
References
STRINGHAM, B.F., 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL., V. 53, NO. 2PERRY, L.I. & MCARTHY, B., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS # 221920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 1111945 RECON HOBBS, S.W., USGS OPEN FILE RPT1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.