Mine detail: Apex-Delaware Group Mines

Previously called 'Utah Apex'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.52327, -112.17136

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Garnet, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Bingham Mine
Host type:	Quartzite,Siltstone,Limestone
Associated rock:	Bingham Stock;Last Chance Stock
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Monzonite,Latite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	DC14201
DEP	10020878
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. 38, 410P.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan