Mine detail: Bingham West Dip Tunnel

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.55244, -112.19941

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Iron
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Upper Bingham Mine
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fractures, Fissures, Fault And Fold
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008521
DEP	10087669
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 GINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND FORTHERN 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. III,672P.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J. M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P. P. 38, 410P.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan