Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFracture Zone Along Shale Bedding
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Gold, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Selenite, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale · Upper Bingham Mine
StructureBasin And Range, Fracture Zone (N15e, 25; 30nw), Folds And Faults
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationDolomitization, Sericitization, Limonitization, And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10102133
MRDS IDDC14776
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.54244, -112.15108
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.