Mine detail: St. James Mine

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.50022, -112.15302
dep_id: 10020917
mrds_id: DC14268
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Sericite, Talc
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Dolomitization And Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal/Contact Metamorphism
ore_ctrl: Fissures And Fractures
Reporter: Mohammad, Hasan
arock_unit: Monzonite Porphyry
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Basin And Range, County Rock (N80w, 15ne); Fractured Zone (N25e, 69se); St. James Fissure (Ne-Sw)
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. 111, 672P.
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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