Mine detail: Apex-Delaware Group Mines

Previously called 'Utah Apex'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.52327, -112.17136
dep_id: 10020878
mrds_id: DC14201
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Lead, Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Garnet, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Dolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fissures
Reporter: Mohammad, Hasan
hrock_unit: Bingham Mine
hrock_type: Quartzite,Siltstone,Limestone
arock_unit: Bingham Stock;Last Chance Stock
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Monzonite,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 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. 38, 410P.
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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