Mine detail: City Canyon Mine

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.428, -112.12136
dep_id: 10012686
mrds_id: D008510
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Dolomitization And Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fissures And Fractures
Reporter: Mohammad, Hasan
hrock_unit: Great Blue Limestones
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Basin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: BRAY, E.R., WILSON J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
  • Deposit:: COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
  • Deposit:: BUTTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111,672P.
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P.38,410P.
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