Mine detail: Yellow Fork Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.46911, -112.09691

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Great Blue Limestones
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Granitoid Rocks
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008513
DEP	10012687
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan