Mine detail: Deer Trail Mine

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Location: Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.38608, -112.27217
dep_id: 10015222
mrds_id: DB00522
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper
Trace mineral: Cadmium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Fluorite
orebody_fm: TABULAR/BLANKET
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions Oxydation
ore_ctrl: Small North-West Trending Anticline
Reporter: Perry, Lee I.
hrock_unit: Toroweap Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Dome
tectonic: Basin & Range - Colorado Plateau Transition
disc_yr: 1878
References:
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 45 - 47
  • Deposit:: BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLOURITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 110 , P. 66 - 67
  • Production:: PERRY, L. I., 1978
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