Utah · Tooele County
Past Producer

Carr Fork Mine

Tooele County, Utah, United States
LeadCopperZincSilverMolybdenumGoldManganeseIronPlatinumPalladium
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Description

James W. Campbell

Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver
SecondaryMolybdenum, Gold, Manganese
TertiaryIron, Platinum, Palladium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSkarn Cu
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR, TABULAR, WEDGE
Ore controlContact Zones; Fissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Limonite, Molybdenite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Biotite, Clay, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Opal, Talc, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Commercial and Jordan Limestones within; Bingham Mine Formation above Butterfield Peaks Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Trachyte · Bingham Stock;Last Chance Stock;Quartz-Monzonite Porphyry
StructureFaults, Folds, Fractures And Fissures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt, Basin And Range
AlterationDolomitization, Diopsitization, Actinloitization, Biotitization, Silicification, Chloritization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1873
Identification
Deposit ID10041786
MRDS IDM057559
Alternate namesCarr Fork Copper Deposit, Apex Mine and Tunnel, Utah Apex Pre 1947, Bingham Limestone Copper Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates40.53133, -112.19108
References
BRAY, E.R., AND WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDEBOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS, BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, OCT. 23, 1975, 156 P.COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145 P.BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111, 672 P.BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 38, 410 P.CAMERON, D.E., AND GARMOE, W.J., 1987, GEOLOGY OF SKARN AND HIGH-GRADE GOLD IN THE CARR FORK MINE, UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, P. 1319-1333.COX, D.P., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.Phillips C H, Harrison E D and Smith T W, 2005 - Geology of the Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, in Porter T M, (Ed), Super Porphyry Copper and Gold Deposits: A Global Perspective, v1 pp 243-257Atkinson, W.W.,Jr. and Einaudi, M.T. 1978, Skarn Formation and Mineralization in the Contact Aureole at Carr Fork, Bingham, Utah; Economic Geology Vol. 73, 1326-1365REVIEW 74/06 CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE 12, P. 1821; CAMERON AND GARMOE, 1987COX, UNPUB. DATA