Mine detail: Dixon Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.54244, -112.15108

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Gold
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Selenite, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Upper Bingham Mine
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale
Structure:	Basin And Range, Fracture Zone (N15e, 25; 30nw), Folds And Faults
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Sericitization, Limonitization, And Silicification

References

MRDS	DC14776
DEP	10102133
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. 111, 672P.}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan