Commodities
PrimaryGallium, Germanium
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryZinc, Arsenic, Silver
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsAdamite, Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Azurite, Brochantite, Cerussite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Goethite, Hematite, Hydrozincite, Jarosite, Malachite, Rosasite, Smithsonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1884
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10276875
Alternate namesDixie
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.06938, -113.80471
References
MUSTO EXPLORATIONS LTD. ANNUAL REPORTS 1981 - 1986.PAYDIRT MAGAZINE SOUTHWESTERN EDITION. ST. GEORGE MININGSAYS RECOVERY PROBLEMS AT APEX IMPROVING. APRIL 1987,P. 29A._______. ST. GEORGE STRUGGLING WITH GERMANIUM, GALLIUMRECOVERIES. FEB 1987, P. 23A._______. UTAH GERMANIUM AND GALLIUM PRODUCER GETTING LINEDOUT. OCT. 1986, P. 29A.PAYDIRT MAGAZINE INTERMOUNTAIN EDITION. ONLY U.S. GALLIUM-GERMANIUM MINE ON LINE SOON. DEC. 1984, P. 4A,5A.BERNSTEIN, L. R, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE APEXGERMANIUM-GALLIUM MINE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH. U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1577. 1986, 9 PP.DUTRIZAC, J. E., ET AL. HOST MINERALS FOR THE GALLIUM-GERMANIUM ORES OF THE APEX MINE, UTAH. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,V. 81, 1986, PP. 946-950.HINTZE. LEHI F., GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CASTLE CHIEF ANDJARVIS PK. QUADRANGLES, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH. U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT OF-85-120, 1984, 19PP.WENRICH, K. J., ET AL. APEX MINE - A COLORADO PLATEAU-TYPESOLUTION COLLAPSE BRECCIA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. CIRCULAR 995,1987, PP. 73-74.MUSTO EXPLORATIONS 1986 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 4.MUSTO EXPLORATIONS 1984 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 2