Mine detail: Dry Fork Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.57883, -112.1533

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Clinker
Host type:	Quartzite,Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008617
DEP	10012753
Reference	{Deposit:: BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C. 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS}{Deposit:: COOK, 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.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.}
Reporter	Unknown