The Spring Tunnel Prospect is a copper and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,959 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: 7,959 Feet (2,426 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.50333, -112.16806
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Spring Tunnel Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Tunnel Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
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: 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, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES NEARBY A GROUP OF FAULTS. HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED. ORE ZONE IS LOCATED ALONG FISSURE
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT; CAVED; INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS ORE COMMON IN WALLROCKS. ORE MINERALS ARE VERY CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS.
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 DISTRIST 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: UGSG P.P. 111 672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL J M 1905 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT UTAH: USGS P.P. 38 410P
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