Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold, Lead
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlContact Zones; Fissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite
GangueActinolite, Biotite, Chlorite, Clay, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Talc
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Upper Bingham Mine
Associated rockTrachyte,Latite · Latite Porphyry And Volcanic Flows
StructureBasin And Range, Breccia Zones (N-S And N30e, Dip Steeply Ne)
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Biotitization, Chloritization, Diopsitization, Actinolitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10020884
MRDS IDDC14212
Alternate namesArgentine Tunnel
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.51105, -112.18191
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.