Commodities
PrimaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSE
Ore controlFissures (N70w, 20n)
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena
GangueBarite, Garnet, Orthoclase, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Bingham Mine
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Monzonite,Quartz Latite,Latite · Bingham Stock;Last Chance Stock
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures And Faults
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10020883
MRDS IDDC14211
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.52466, -112.17524
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. 111, 672P.BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.