The Bingham West Dip Tunnel is a copper, silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,135 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,135 Feet (1,870 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.5525, -112.19861
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Bingham West Dip Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bingham West Dip Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Bingham Canyon
Land Status
Not available
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: 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: Fractures, Fissures, Fault And Fold
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL USED FOR HAULAGE PURPOSES; CAVED; INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS ARE VERY COMMON IN WALLROCKS. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES CLOSE TO THE AXIAL REGION OF BINGHAM SYNCLINE. HOSTROCKS ARE SHEARED AND ALTERED. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FRACTURES.
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 GINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND FORTHERN 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. III,672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J. M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P. P. 38, 410P.
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