Utah · Salt Lake County
Past Producer

Castro Gulch Mine

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
SilverCopperLeadZinc
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Rhyolite-Quartz Latite Or Monzonite Porphyry
Associated rockMonzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Trachyte · Volcanic Agglomerates; Volcamic Breccia; Volcamic Flows;Last Chance Stock
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Argillization, Chloritization, Biotitization, And Silicification, Etc.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087684
MRDS IDD008601
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.49938, -112.10886
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: P.P. 111. 672P.BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.