Oxidized Zinc Deposits of the United States Part 2. Utah By ALLEN V. HEYL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1135-B A detailed study of the supergene zinc deposits of Utah UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printin~ Office Washin~ton 25, D.C. CONTENTS Page Abstract ____________________ ~------------------------------------- B1 Introduction______________________________________________________ 1 Fieldwork____________________________________________________ 1 Acknowledgments_____________________________________________ 2 Geology__________________________________________________________ 2 Location of the deposits________________________________________ 2 ~ineralogy___________________________________________________ 3 Secondary zinc minerals_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 Smithsonite___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 H emimorphite (calamine) __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 Hydrozincite___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 7 Aurichalcite_____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 VVurtzite_____________________________________________ 8 Other secondary zinc minerals___________________________ 8 Associated minerals__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 Relation of oxidized zinc deposits to rock types____________________ 9 Types of supergene zinc deposits________________________________ 12 Deposits formed by direct replacement of primary deposits_____ 14 Deposits formed by replacement of wallrock_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 Deposits formed by sulfide enrichment within the primary ores_-· 21 Origin of oxidized zinc deposits__________________________________ 21 Geologic features favorable for prospecting________________________ 23 Production and reserves____________________________________________ 24 History of production___________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 Reserves_____________________________________________________ 27 Prospects for future development of reserves______________________ 27 Prospects for future development of markets and processing of ores__ 28 Description of oxidized zinc districts and deposits______________________ 29 Box Elder County_____________________________________________ 34 Lucin district_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 Promon tory district____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 7 Newfoundland district_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 Sierra ~adre district_______________________________________ 39 Tecoma district_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40 Silver Islet district ___________________ ~_____________________ 41 Cache County_________________________________________________ 41 Swan Creek district________________________________________ 41 Hyrum or Paradise district_________________________________ 42 ~organ County_______________________________________________ 43 Argentia district____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43 Salt Lake County_____________________________________________ 44 Alta area-Big Cottonwood district__________________________ 44 Alta area-Little Cottonwood district________________________ 47 Summit County_______________________________________________ 50 Beaver Creek lead-zinc mine________________________________ 50 Park City or Uintah district________________________________ 50 lll IV CONTENTS Description of oxidized zinc districts and deposits-Continued Page Dagget and Uintah Counties____________________________________ B52 Carbonate district____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 52 Tooele County________________________________________________ 53 Blue Bell district_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 53 Dugway district________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 53 Free Coinage or Timpie Canyon district______________________ 54 Erickson district_________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 54 Columbia district__________________________________________ 55 Lakeside district_____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 56 Gold Hill district__________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 58 Rush Valley district_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 60 Dry Canyon and Ophir districts_____________________________ 61 Lion Hill district_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 62 Mercur or Camp Floyd district_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 62 North Tintic district_______________________________________ 63 Utah County_________________________________________________ 66 American Fork district (Alta area)___________________________ 66 Alpine district_____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 7 Provo district_____________________________________________ 68 Santaquin district_________________________________________ 69 East Tintic district_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 70 Juab County__________________________________________________ 72 Tintic district_____________________________________________ 72 West Tintic district________________________________________ 76 Fish Springs district_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 78 Spring Creek district_______________________________________ 80 Mount Nebo and Mona districts____________________________ 81 Emery County________________________________________________ 85 Summerville, Emery, or Lost Springs district__________________ 85 Sevier County_________________________________________________ 85 Redmond district __________________________________ _:________ 85 Millard County _______________ .:._______________________________ 86 Black Rock area___________________________________________ 86 Gordon (Kanosh) district___________________________________ 87 Notch Peak d~trict________________________________________ 87 Beaver County________________________________________________ 87 Granite district____________________________________________ 87 Bradshawd~trict__________________________________________ 88 Lincoln district____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 89 Beaver Lake district_______________________________________ 89 Rocky district________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 90 Star district_____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 90 San Francisco district_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 93 Pine Grove district_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 94 Piute County_________________________________________________ 96 Ohio district______________________________________________ 96 Iron County__________________________________________________ 96 Escalante district__________________________________________ 96 Indian Peak district___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 97 Washington County___________________________________________ 97 Tutsagabet district_ _____________________________________ :._ 97 Selected references___________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 98 Index____________________________________________________________ 101 CONTENTS v ILLUSTR.ATTONS [Plates are in pocket] PLATE 1.