Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Upper Butterfield;Lower Butterfield
Associated rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Granite · Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Breccia
StructureBasin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Folds And Faults.
Tectonic settingSevier Ordgenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10097830
MRDS IDD008604
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.51216, -112.11386
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. 111, 672P.BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 413P.