Commodities
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockShale
StructureWasatch Hingeline, On W. Flank Of Small Anticline. Beds Trend North And Dip Gently West. A Fault 35 Ft. East Of The Mine Trends N75e, Dips Vertically With 25 Ft. Of Down Drop.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationModerately To Weakly Silicified
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10021072
MRDS IDDC14835
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.01773, -112.17023
References
COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEYFOSTER, J.M., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE BISMARK PEAK AREA: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV.1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14DISBROW, A.E., 1961, GEOL. OF THE BOULTER PEAK QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-141.