Mine detail: Commercial

Previously called 'Bingham Copper and Gold Mining Company'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.51494, -112.15136
dep_id: 10020897
mrds_id: DC14232
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Enargite, Malachite, Melaconite, Pyrite, Tenorite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: SHOOTS, Y SHAPED
alteration: Oxidation To A Depth Of 325 Ft.
Reporter: Mc Coy, Gail, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Limestone (Dips 30 N), Fissures (Ne-Sw; Nw-Se, E-W), Fracture Zone (E-W, 80 N, Displacement 100 Ft.)
References:
  • 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
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