The Spring Canyon Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,761 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,761 Feet (1,756 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.53722, -112.23778
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Spring Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Canyon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
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 And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONES ARE ALONG FISSURES. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE SILICA, WHICH OCCURS AS VEINS IN THE ALTERED WALLROCKS
Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL; BADLY CAVED; INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Geology): HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED. THE LIMESTONES ARE BLACK TO DARK GRAY, FINE-GRAINED, ARGILLACEOUS AND SILTY, THIN-BEDDED TO PLATY, WITH A BUNDANT BLACK CHERTY NODULES. THE QUARTZITES ARE LIGHT TAN, VERY FINE-GRAINED, FELDSPATHIC AND SILICEOUS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM 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 OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. UUU, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT. UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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