Dog Valley Prospects

The Dog Valley Prospects is a silver and mercury mine located in Garfield county, Utah.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Dog Valley Prospects  

State:  Utah

County:  Garfield

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Mercury

Lat, Long: 38.095, -112.41056

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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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