Mine detail: Sacramento Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.38494, -112.26552

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper, Gold
Gangue:	Actinolite, Andradite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Sericite, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	PIPE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Madison Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Oquirrh Mtns., Close To Axis Of Ophir Anticline, Near Prominent Rhyolite Porphyry Dike
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	DC12183
DEP	10102071
Reference	{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 144-146.}{Deposit:: MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY.}{Production:: GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 145.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.