The Fish Springs District is a lead and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Fish Springs District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fish Springs District
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Magnesite
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: FISH SPRINGS DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: REPLACEMENT AND VEIN/SHEAR ZONE
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1891
Discovery Year: 1891
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: BASIN AND RANGE BLOCK FAULTING
Type: L
Description: A NORTH TO NORTHEAST ANTICLINE. LOW ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS TRENDING N-S, DIPPING 30 - 35 WITH 2,500 TO 3,000 FT DISPLACEMENTS. SMALL E-W HIGH ANGLE FAULTS.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SILICIFICATION
Alteration Text: THREE TYPES OF SURFACE ALTERATION: LIMONITIC, SILICIFIED, AND MARBLE ZONES.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., AND OTHERS , 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111 , P. 465 - 469 .
Reference (Deposit): OLIVEIRA, M. E., 1975 , GEOLOGY OF THE FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT, FISH SPRINGS RANGE, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV GEOL STUDIES VOL 22 , PT 1 , P. 69 - 105
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U. S., PART 2 . UTAH: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. 78 - 80 .
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SURV BULL 110 , P. 28.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN RES 1916 , PT 1 , P 439 ; 1918 , 1919 , 1921 - 1928 , 1931 , 1935 , 1938 - 1941 , 1943 , 1947 , 1950.
Reference (Deposit): CHRISTIANSEN, W. J., 1977 , GEOLOGY OF THE FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: MS THESIS, UNIV OF UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY,L.I. AND MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 176-194.
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