Mine detail: Middle Canyon Mines

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

40.50716, -112.20886

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Gypsum, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Butterfield
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Faults, And Folds
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitzation And Silicification

References

MRDS	D008620
DEP	10087690
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: 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