Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper, Galena
GangueBarite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Bingham Mine
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Monzonite,Quartz Latite,Latite · Bingham Stock;Last Chance Stock
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Folds, And Faults (N0-35w, Steep East)
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10020895
MRDS IDDC14229
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.52077, -112.17386
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.