Mine detail: Congar Hill Property

Previously called 'Congar Hill #1-5'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.92771, -113.91751

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Antimony, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Iron
Ore:	Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1930

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Busby;Pioche;Prospect Mountain;Sevy
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Ibapah Stock
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Basin & Range, Rocky Springs Thrust Fault Places Cambrian Units Over Devonian Thrust Strikes N60w & Dips 50-55 Sw
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	D007358
DEP	10087440
Reference	{Deposit:: THOMPSON, K.C., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. DISSERTATION (UNPUBLISHED).}{Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.}{Deposit:: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, (N.D.), REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 117: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1977, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN EMERGENCY WITHDRAWAL AREA: BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111}{Deposit:: 1966 GEO MAP UGMS BULL. 77 & 99}{Deposit:: 1977 RECON UGMS R.I. 117}{Deposit:: 1979 GEOC HEM DOE GJBX-8 (80)}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L., Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.)