Mine detail: Bishop Fork Prospect

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.49244, -112.17219
dep_id: 10012741
mrds_id: D008596
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
alteration: Sericitization, Dolomitization And Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fractured And Sheared Zones
Reporter: Mohammad, Hasan
hrock_unit: Oquirrh Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Structure: Basin And Range, Faults And Fissures
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 38, 410 P.
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 672 P.
  • Deposit:: GILLULY, J, 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, 171.
  • Deposit:: STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH; WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.
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