The Victor Conqueror Sulfur Deposit is a sulfur mine located in Millard county, Utah.
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Victor Conqueror Sulfur Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Victor Conqueror Sulfur Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Sulfur
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Gordon District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Interie Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Sulfur
Ore: Selenite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): KING AND KING ( 1954 ) INDICATE 1,000,000 SHORT TONS PROVED ORE CONTAINING 130,400 LONG TONS SULFUR AND 1,000,000 S. TONS PROBABLE ORE CONTAINING 134,000 LONG TONS SULFUR. RODRIQUEZ ( 1960 ) STATES 2,000,000 SHORT TONS PROVED AND POSSIBLE ORE CONTAINING 264,328 LONG TONS SULFUR
Comment (Deposit): HEAT SOURCE FOR SOLFATARIC ACTIVITY IS THOUGHT TO BE RELATED TO NEARBY PLIESTOCENE BASALT CONE, ( CALLAGHAN 1973 ). NO PRODUCTION IS MENTIONED IN LITERATURE, BUT EXAMINATION OF THE LOCALITY INDICATES THAT SOME MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 .
Reference (Deposit): RODRIQUEZ, E. L., 1960 , MASTERS THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
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