Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold
TertiaryZinc, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Plumbojarosite, Wulfenite
GangueDiopside, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockDiorite
StructureGrizzly Thrust, Silver Fork Fault, Fissures (N 40 - 60 E, Steep N)
AlterationMetamorphosed Limestones Near The Offshoots From The Alta And Clayton Peak Stocks.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1916-1921
Identification
Deposit ID10108854
MRDS IDDC14696
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.59827, -111.61967
References
CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 130.USGS MIN. RES. 1916-1920.PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 319-321.CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965