Mine detail: Chloride Point Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.35411, -112.2408

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Arsenic, Zinc, Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Limonite, Malachite, Orpiment, Plumbojarosite, Realgar
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
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, Fissures (N-S And N40e), Folds And Faults
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Limonitization, Sericitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	DC12215
DEP	10020036
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. 140}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan