Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Member Of Great Blue Formation
StructureBasin And Range, Faults And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1898
Identification
Deposit ID10101757
MRDS IDD008564
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.27772, -112.19136
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: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.GILLWY, J., 1932, P. 138