Commodities
PrimaryGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlContact Zones; Fissures And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Biotite, Clay, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Talc
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Upper Bingham Mine;Butterfield Peaks
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Trachyte · Bingham And Last Chance Stocks;Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
StructureBasin And Range, Faults, Folds, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Diopsitization, Actinolitization, Biotitization, Silicification, Chloritization Etc
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10102068
MRDS IDDC12128
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.53077, -112.19497
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, 410P.