The Yellow Fork Prospect is a lead and zinc mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,820 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,820 Feet (1,774 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.46917, -112.09611
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Yellow Fork Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Fork Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEINS OF CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE SILICA AND CALCITE ARE COMMON IN HOST ROCKS; LIMESTONES ARE LIGHT TO DARK GREY, PURE AND CHERTY.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS ALONG FISSURES AND FRACTURES LOCATED IN ALTERED AND DEFORMED WALLROCKS
Comment (Workings): PITS AND TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTTLER, B.S., ET.AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111,672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M.,1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P.38,410P.
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY REFERENCE 3
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