Kanosh Mining District, Pavant Mountains, Millard County, Utah, USAi

Regional Level Types
Kanosh Mining District	Mining District
Pavant Mountains	Mountain Range
Millard County	County
Utah	State
USA	Country

The Kanosh (Dog Valley, Gordon) mining district is located on the northwestern slope of the Pavant Range 30 mi north of Beaver in southeast Millard County. The Kanosh district is distinguished from the Sulphurdale district to the south by the Pb-Zn ores in Kanosh and sulfur ores in Sulphurdale some 6 mi to the south. The Kanosh district is a minor producer and extends along the northwest face of Dog Valley Mountain. Lead-zinc was probably discovered in the district around 1910. First production was reported in 1911 and consisted of a small amount of oxidized, Pb-Ag ore. Total district metal production at modern metal prices is estimated at $36,000. Subsequent mining, mostly, if not entirely, from the Blue Bell mine, continued intermittently until 1966.
The Pavant Range is part of the transition zone between the Basin and Range Province to the west and the Colorado Plateau to the east. Geologically the Kanosh district features a northeast-trending thrust fault with overturned lower Paleozoic strata in the northwestern upper plate and upper Paleozoic strata in the lower plate.
The Blue Bell mine workings consist of eight short adits, four shallow shafts, and numerous prospect pits. The host rock is massive, gray to brownish gray, recrystallized dolomite of the Devonian Simonson Dolomite in the immediate hanging wall of the thrust. The Kanosh district Pb-Zn mineralization consists of veins and small replacements along faults and bedding planes in carbonate rocks (USGS Model 22c). The ore on the dumps is completely oxidized and consists of hard, dense siliceous red- brown gossan/jasperoid and vuggy, porous, yellow-brown gossan. A few other mines and prospects occur in the district, but none have reported production (Heyl, 1963; Perry and McCarthy, 1977).