Mine detail: Spring Tunnel Prospect

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.50327, -112.16886
dep_id: 10012759
mrds_id: D008635
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Dolomitization And Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fissures
Reporter: Mohammad, Hasan
hrock_unit: Upper Bingham Mine
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Flows
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Monzonite,Quartz Latite,Latite
Structure: Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • 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 DISTRIST 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: UGSG P.P. 111 672P.
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL J M 1905 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT UTAH: USGS P.P. 38 410P
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