The Castro Gulch Mine is a copper, silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.49944, -112.10806
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Castro Gulch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Castro Gulch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Argillization, Chloritization, Biotitization, And Silicification, Etc.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Geology): LATITIC ROCKS ARE PRINCIPALLY MEDIUM-GRAY TO MEDIUM-GREENIS A-GRAY 'HORNBLENDE-LATITES' AND 'HORNBLENDE-BIOTITE LATITE'S THAT WEATHER TARNISH TO BROWNISH GRAY. VOLCANIC BRECCIA CONSISTS OF SUBANHULAR TO SUBROUNDED LITHIC TRAGMENTS, COMMONLY UP TO 2 INCHES IN LENGTH, SET IN A DENSE MOSTLY APHAUITIC LATITE MATRIX.
Comment (Deposit): LATITE INTRUSIVES ARE YOUNGER THAN THE SURROUNDING VOLCANIC FLOW ROCKS AND BRECCIAS ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): PROPERTY FALLS ON CAMP WILLIAMS STATE MILITARY RESERVATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977); LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED BY FISSURES TRENDING NORTHEASTWARD AND SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH ALTERED AND DEFORMED WALLROCKS.
Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS CAVED, INACCESSIBLE.
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: 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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