The Dog Valley Prospects is a silver and mercury mine located in Garfield county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Dog Valley Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dog Valley Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Opalization, Hematitization, Limonitization, Argillitization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Metacinnabar
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLES GAVE AS HIGH AS .3 % MERCURY AND 2 OZ/TON AG CONTENT THE QUARTZ MONZONITE OF THE SPRY INTRUSIVE CROP OUT A FEW HUNDRED FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107
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