Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Copper
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Limestone · Upper Bingham Mine;Curry
StructureBasin And Range, Fractures And Fissures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012755
MRDS IDD008622
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.558, -112.20191
References
BRAY, E. R., WILSON, I. C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTSCOOK, D. R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE GINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145 P.BUTLER, B. S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P. P. III, 672 P.BOUTWELL, J. M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOHY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P. P. 38, 410 P.