Utah · Tooele County
Past Producer

Bates Canyon Mine

Tooele County, Utah, United States
LeadZincCopperIron
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Copper, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Oquirrh
StructureBasin And Range, Faults, Fissures, Fractures And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012750
MRDS IDD008613
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.62272, -112.23913
References
BRAY, E.R., WILSON J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTSCOOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY REFERENCE 3BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.