Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Gypsum, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Butterfield
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults, And Folds
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitzation And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087690
MRDS IDD008620
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.50716, -112.20886
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: USGS P.P. III. 672P.BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.