Utah · Salt Lake County
Past Producer

North Bingham Mine

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
SilverLeadZincCopperIron
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Kirkman
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Fault, And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10021048
MRDS IDDC14759
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.58327, -112.15747
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.