Mine detail: Sacramento Mine

Previously called 'Jessie Lakin Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.31161, -112.21497

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury, Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Arsenic, Antimony
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Cinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1895
Last production ended:	1907

Geology

Host rock:	Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Rhyolie Porphyry
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures,Fractures,Faults And Folds
Tectonic:	Sevier Oroginic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization,Sericitization, Limonitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	M058663
DEP	10042246
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:: BUTTLER,B.S.,ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: SPURR, JE.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.138}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan