Show marydale marysvale Marys Mary vale Is mining center of south utah contiguous to the town of marys marya vale the tusher range of mountains ri rises sesto to a be height ight of over 12 feet and this extreme elevation lsd Is due u e to fo a transverse transverse broken belt which belt has a width of about 8 miles and runs westerly a cross the range and beyond the range for an unknown distance the dynamic for forced ceal causing this uplift fractured the formations forma tlona thus creating avenues connecting with the deep deed wherein the intrusive rocks and the mineralizing mineral izing solutions could reach the surface fissures were created and the soluble limestone measures attacked and cepl replaced ced with ore bodies the discovery of mineral over such a wide area made it necessary to form several mining districts so we haive in the general area the following mining districts district mt baldy mining district embracing deer trail peak and vicinity ohio mining district comprising com prizing bullion canyon and vicinity henry mining district covering the antelope section north of marksville marysvale Marys vale ville gold mountain mining district situated on oil the north slopes of baldy and belknap peaks and the newton mining district being that portion of the area falling upon the western slope of the tusher mountains the discovery of the first ores was in the ohio mining district in the e early arly se seventies v entkos when placer gold was found in bullion canyon a few miles west of df the town of marysvale Marys vale the discovery of rich veins yellowed and the towns of bullion and webster were making history in bullion canyon the discovery of the mt bit baldy district was one of the first instances in the state of utah where replacement ore in limestone was noted and it was in ili this district the first gnoun occur ance of native quicksilver was noted in the united states gold predominated in ili the two districts and a number of sensational gold mines were opened up after this first boom period the surface ores were exhausted and similar to r arte rte history ot of it a number of other camps of tho the state active work in the district nearly ceased at the period about 1893 then came the discovery of gold in the gold mountain district followed by the active work in all the districts and another period when the marksville marysvale Marys vale ville area was making the major gold production of the state the henry mining district dietrict during this period was opened up and demonstrated that the gold belt pi of the areas area extended also to the northeast then came the most important period of the area beginning in 1912 when the large replacement are ore bodies of the mt badly mining district were 2 opened up and the richest gold ore bodies ever mined in the state in large quantities were b eing being shipped the IV world orld war wai a also so brought the count rys attention to the in exhaust exhaustible able supply of alunite e in the area and the large plant for extraction of potash from this ore which plant was constructed at the new town of alunite about 5 miles south of marksville marysvale Marys vale ville alunite Is found in all five mining districts and there has been found by the geologists of the united states geological survey that there appears to be some delatt relation n between the AL deposits of alunite and the gold deposits while gold Is distributed through all the th ore and has been produced in ili values running into millions of dollars silver also is i an important ore at times of ter very y high value marketable values of copper and lead occur in the limestone ores find and while cinnabar Is 19 associated with the ores of the mt baldy district it has not been been commercial except in ill the case noted where tie the mercury was in pure form and could be dipped from the rock crevices the future of the district may be summed up as follows surface mines have produced millions of mineral wealth over a widespread area and in only a few cases has the ore been foll followed ow into the underlying sedimentary rocks the sedimentary rocks have been proven to be the natural ore reservoir reservoirs in every western mining district the surface ores unerringly point poin tto to ore defog deposits in the sedimentary rocks which lie under the surface at varr carrying ying depths deep development revived the prosperous utah camps of 0 gintic tintic bingham bangham iphil ophar r and park city two deep development projects are underway in the marys vale tale area the sedimentary formations of the marksville marysvale Marys vale ville area now fire are coming coining into their |