Mine detail: Spring Canyon Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.53716, -112.23858

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Copper, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Upper Bingham Mine
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Basin And Range, Fissures And Fractures
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDSD008619
DEP10012754
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. UUU, 672P.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT. UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.}
ReporterMohammad, Hasan