Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondaryCopper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Ractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Upper Bingham Mine
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012754
MRDS IDD008619
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.53716, -112.23858
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 OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. UUU, 672P.BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT. UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.