Mine detail: Commercial

Previously called 'Bingham Copper and Gold Mining Company'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.51494, -112.15136

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Tellurium
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Enargite, Malachite, Melaconite, Pyrite, Tenorite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	SHOOTS, Y SHAPED

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Limestone (Dips 30 N), Fissures (Ne-Sw; Nw-Se, E-W), Fracture Zone (E-W, 80 N, Displacement 100 Ft.)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation To A Depth Of 325 Ft.

References

MRDS	DC14232
DEP	10020897
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 260, 1904, P. 239.}{Deposit:: USGS PROF PAPER 38 , P. 254}{Deposit:: USGS MIN. RES. 1917-1923.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965}
Reporter	Mc Coy, Gail, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)