Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockTrachyte · Early Tertiary Andesite-Trachyte-Latite Flows
Associated rockTrachyte
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationArgillization, Chloritization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094499
MRDS IDD008515
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.41272, -112.02162
References
BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICTS: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTSCOOK, D.R., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO16, UTAH GEOL. SOC., 145P.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, 672 P.BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRIC, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 38,410P.