Utah · Salt Lake County
Occurrence

Mascotte Tunnel

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
ZincLeadCopperSilverGold
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockLatite · Latite Porphyry And Breccia
Associated rockLatite · Latite Porphyry And Breccia
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationChloritization, Biotitization, And Silicification, Etc.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10021047
MRDS IDDC14754
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.52716, -112.09747
References
BRAY, E.R., WILSON, L.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 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.