Mine detail: Mountain Lion Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.36188, -112.24941

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead
Ore: Cerargyrite, Gold, Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Basin And Range, Faults And Fissures
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSD008502
DEP10012682
Reference{Deposit:: BISSELL,H.J.,ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL.14, 262P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: SPURR,J.E.,1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.}{Production:: GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 141}
ReporterMohammad, Hasan