Utah · Tooele County
Past Producer

Scranton Group Mines

Tooele County, Utah, United States
SilverLeadZincCopperGold
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc
SecondaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFaults, Fissures And Favorable Stratigraphic Horizon
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Hemimorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockMonzonite
StructureWasatch Front
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1902
Discovery year1886
Identification
Deposit ID10021211
MRDS IDDC15202
Alternate namesEssex, Del Monte, Biddlecom, Cole, Grand Cross, Magazine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.04994, -112.19969
References
SRC.REF: COOK, D.R. (ED.), 1957, GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 127COOK, 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 SURVEY1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14COOK, D.R., 1957, (ED.), GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTN. : UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12