Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Zinc, Lead
SecondaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Upper Bingham Mine
StructureBasin And Range, Fractures, Fissures, Fault And Fold
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10087669
MRDS IDD008521
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.55244, -112.19941
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 GINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND FORTHERN 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. III,672P.BOUTWELL, J. M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P. P. 38, 410P.