Mine detail: Chicago Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.38411, -112.26663

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Gold
Tertiary:	Iron, Manganese
Ore:	Aurichalcite, Calamine, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Hydrozincite, Limonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wad
Gangue:	Actinolite, Andradite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Sericite, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	PIPE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Madison Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Oquirrh Mtns., Close To Axis Of Ophir Anticline, Near Prominent Rhyolite Porphyry Dike
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	DC12176
DEP	10020016
Reference	{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 144-146}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 378-379.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.