Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryLead, Gold
TertiaryVanadium, Uranium, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR, PIPE
Ore controlNortherly And Easterly Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Enargite, Galena, Malachite, Silver
Geology
Host rockDolomite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureBeds Strike, N 5 - 10 W And Dip 70 - 80 E; Centennial Fault (N 45 E, 67 Se); California Fault (Left-Lateral, Nw, 60 - 75 Sw, 200 - 500 Ft Horiz. Displ.); E-W Fractures Dipping 68 S.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1876 - 1935
Identification
Deposit ID10102097
MRDS IDDC14049
Alternate namesBlue Rock
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.94606, -112.12246
References
LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 197 - 202USGS MIN. RES. 1916-1923, 1924 - 1935TOWERS, GW AND SMITH GO, 1899 , GEOL AND MINING IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN. REPT., PT 3 - F, P. 724COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , PL 3