Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryMercury, Arsenic, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures-Trending Ene-Wsw, And N-S; Dipping Steeply Due West.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Quartz, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Sericitization, Kaolinization, Limonitization, And Silicitication
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1872
Identification
Deposit ID10101754
MRDS IDD008528
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.32688, -112.21052
References
BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.GILLULY, J.,1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.BUTTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2,454P.GILLULY, J., 1932, P.124