Mine detail: Escalante Silver Mine

Previously called 'Holt'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.68164, -113.71998

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chrysocolla, Descloizite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite, Willemite
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1896

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1934

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	East-Northeast Striking Graben, N 22 E Striking Fissure
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Silicification Envelope Which Is 50 To 100 Feet Wide, In Turn Enveloped By A Calcite-Altered Zone

References

MRDS	M058828
DEP	10042299
Reference	{Deposit:: FITCH, D.C., AND BRADY, M.W., 1982, GEOLOGY OF THE ESCALANTE SILVER MINE, UTAH: NORTHWEST MINING ASSOCIATION 88TH ANNUAL CONVENTION, DECEMBER 9, 1982.}{Deposit:: HOGAN, D.K., AND OTHERS, 1982, ESCALANTE: MAJOR SILVER MINE NEARS FIRST YEAR OF FALL OPERATION: MINING ENGINEER VOL 34, NO. 9, PP. 1323-1328.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, D.R., 1979, GEOLOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ESCALANTE SILVER VEINS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, 72 P.}{Deposit:: SIDERS, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BERYL JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP. IN PRESS.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.