The York Mines is a copper and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,749 Feet (2,362 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.52083, -112.17306
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York Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: York Mines
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: 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, Fractures, Folds, And Faults (N0-35w, Steep East)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO A ZONE OF CROSS-FAULTING. MINERALIZATION IS STRUCTURALLY CONTROLLED. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS IN WALL ROCKS. ORE IS PARTIALLY OXIDIZED.
Comment (Workings): INCLINES WITH DRIFTS, CONNECTS WITH THE PETRO WORKING BY AN 800 FT INCLINE; ONE VERTICAL SHAFT COLLAPSED; INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS ALONG A SLIP PLANE, AND KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE "BEDDED VEIN". THE HANGING WALL TRUE-BANDED QUARTZITE AND THE FOOT WALL IS EITHER FINE GRAINED-SILICEOUS-LIMESTONE OR A THIN CRYSTALLINE MOTTLED MARBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
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