The Dry Fork Mine is a silver, copper, zinc, and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.66618, -111.91760
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Dry Fork Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dry Fork Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FRACTURES IN WALLROCKS. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE SILICA, WHICH OCCURS AS VEINS IN HOST ROCKS
Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL; BADLY CAVED; INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES AT THE BASE OF KIRKMAN FORMATION NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH CLINKER FORMATION. THE AREA IS TECTONICALLY DISTURBED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Geology): HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY BRECCIATED AND ALTERED LIMESTONES AND DOLOMITIC LIMESTONES. THE DARK GRAY, SMOOTH SURFACED, AND FINEGRAINED WALLROCKS WEATHER TO LIGHT BLUISH GRAY. THIN BANDS OF QUARTZITES ARE COMMON IN LIMESTONES. INTRAFORMATIONAL BRECCIA AND CONTORTED LAMINATIONS ARE ALSO FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF 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): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
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