Mine detail: South Fork Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.558, -112.20191

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSD008622
DEP10012755
Reference{Deposit:: BRAY, E. R., WILSON, I. C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS}{Deposit:: COOK, D. R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE GINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145 P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B. S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P. P. III, 672 P.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J. M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOHY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P. P. 38, 410 P.}
ReporterMohammad, Hasan