The Dry Fork Mine is a lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,640 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: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.57889, -112.15250
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Dry Fork Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dry Fork Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
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
Not available
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES ON THE NORTHEASTERN LIMB OF COPPERTON ANTICLINE. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES IN HIGHLY ALTERED WALLROCKS.
Comment (Geology): HOSTROCKS ARE LIGHT BROWN TO TAN, FINE-GRAINED, SILICEOUS AND CALCAREOUS. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ, OCCURRING AS VEINS IN WALLROCKS.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT, COLLAPSED, AND INACCESSIBLE.
References
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, 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 BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C. 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
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