Mine detail: Sparrowhawk Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.32216, -112.21247

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Mercury
Secondary:	Arsenic, Silver
Tertiary:	Iron, Antimony
Ore:	Cinnabar, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar
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 Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic:	Sevier Orpogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Limonitization, Sericitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008532
DEP	10101755
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, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.}{Production:: SPURR, J.E., 1895, P. 385}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan