Mine detail: Castro Gulch Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.49938, -112.10886

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Rhyolite-Quartz Latite Or Monzonite Porphyry
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Volcanic Agglomerates; Volcamic Breccia; Volcamic Flows;Last Chance Stock
Associated type:	Monzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Trachyte
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Argillization, Chloritization, Biotitization, And Silicification, Etc.

References

MRDS	D008601
DEP	10087684
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: P.P. 111. 672P.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan