Mine detail: Yellow Fork Prospect

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.46911, -112.09691
dep_id: 10012687
mrds_id: D008513
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Kaolinite, 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
arock_unit: Granitoid Rocks
arock_type: Monzonite
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 REFERENCE 3
  • 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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