Mine detail: Silveropolis Hill Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.35605, -112.24747

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic
Ore:	Aurichalcite, Cerargyrite, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Orpiment, Plumbojarosite, Realgar
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Bir * Eye Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures, Folds And Faults
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008518
DEP	10087668
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 DEPOSTIS 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.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan