Saints Rest Gulch Sw Mines

The Saints Rest Gulch Sw Mines is a zinc, lead, and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Saints Rest Gulch Sw Mines

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham 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

Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS LOCATED NEAR THE CONTACT ZONE OF SEDIMENTARIES AND INTUSIVES; MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES.

Comment (Workings): TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS.

Comment (Geology): LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY TO BLACK, TIME-GRAINED AND CHERTY. QUARTIZITES ARE DARK GRAY TO GRENISH GRAY, AND SILTY. HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED.

Comment (Deposit): LATITE INTRUSIVES ARE YOUNGER THAN THE SURROUNDING VOLCANIC FLOW ROCKS AND BRECCIAS. LATITIC ROCKS ARE PRINCIPALLY MEDIUM-GRAY TO MEDIUM GREENISH-GRAY 'HORNBLENDE-LATITES' AND HHORNBLENDEBIOTITE LATITES, THAT WEATHER TARUISH TO BROWNIS GRAY. VOLCANIC BRECCIA CONSISTS OF ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED LITHIC FRAGMENTS, COMMONLY UP TO 2 INCHES IN LENGHTHS, SET IN A DENSE MOSTLY APHAMITIC MATRIX. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.

Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE INGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY REFERENCE 3

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.

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