The South Fork Mine is a lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.55806, -112.20111
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South Fork Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Fork Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Gingham 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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fractures And Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEINS OF CALCITE AND QUARTZ ARE COMMON IN HOSTROCKS. LIMESTONES ARE BLACK TO DARK GRAY, FINE-GRAINED, ARGILLACEOUS AND SILTY, AND THIN BEDDED TO PLATY, WITH ABUNDANT CHERYT NODULES. QUARTZITES ARE LIGHT TAN, VERY FINE-GRAINED, FELDSPATHIC, CROSS-LAMINATED, AND SILICEOUS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES IN DEFORMED, AND ALTERED HOST ROCKS. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT; CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E. R., WILSON, I. C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D. R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE GINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145 P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P. P. III, 672 P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J. M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOHY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P. P. 38, 410 P.
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