Geology and geochemistry of the Deer Trail Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu manto deposits, Marysvale District, west-central Utah

Economic Geology
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Abstract

Strata-bound sulphide replacement bodies in the Deer Trail mine are sinuous pipes in carbonate beds, approximately localized by an anticlinal axis, and radiate from a fault across the lower part of the Permian Toroweap formation. Indistinct sericitic envelopes provide a K/Ar age of 14 m.y., correlative with barren, altered volcanic rocks above a hypothesized intrusion, 1 km to the west. Lead and sulphur isotope data imply an igneous source. Inclusion data and deuterium and oxygen isotopes imply a magmatic fluid progressively diluted with meteoric waters. The deposits are the outer zone of a volcanic hydrothermal system. -G.J.N.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Geology and geochemistry of the Deer Trail Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu manto deposits, Marysvale District, west-central Utah
Series title Economic Geology
DOI 10.2113/gsecongeo.81.8.1932
Volume 81
Issue 8
Year Published 1986
Language English
Publisher Geological Society of America
Description 21 p.
First page 1932
Last page 1952
Country United States
State Utah
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