The Commercial is a silver, lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.515, -112.15056
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Commercial MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Commercial
Secondary: Bingham Copper and Gold Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Tellurium
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS, Y SHAPED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Limestone (Dips 30 N), Fissures (Ne-Sw; Nw-Se, E-W), Fracture Zone (E-W, 80 N, Displacement 100 Ft.)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To A Depth Of 325 Ft.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1905 , YELLOW PYRITIC ORE: LITTLE COPPER, ONE OZ AU, 3.32 OZ AG, TRACE OF TELLURIUM. FOR BLACK CHALCOCITE ORE: 42.3 OZ CU, 3.8 OZ GOLD, 58.6 OZ AG AND SOME TELLURIDES.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Melaconite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIMS INCLUDE COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL #1, VERNARD TUNNEL, AND OLD HICKORY. CONSOLIDATED WITH THE BROOKLYN-DALTON AND LARK PROPERTY IN 1901. THE MINE HAS BEEN EXCAVATED BY THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT MINE.
Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER ISM0724 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD
Comment (Deposit): THE SEAMS OF ORE BIFURCATE AND TERMINATES UPWARD.
Comment (Geology): THE COMMERCIAL LIMESTONE IS MASSIVE, CHERTY, SILICIFIED, WHITE, MARBLEIZED, AND BANDED. THE ORE IS DISCONTINUED ON THE WEST BY MONZONITE AND ON THE EAST BY A SLIP PLANE WITH A QUARTZITE HANGING WALL. SOME METAL OCCURS AS SEAMS IN THE INTRUSIVE, BUT THE MAIN ORE BODY IS WHOLLY IN LIMESTONE. LOCALLY, PORPHYRY IS ALSO ON FOOTWALL.
Comment (Commodity): LEAD ORE IS FOUND IN THE UPPER WORKINGS.
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS 300 FT APART VERTICALLY CONNECTED BY INCLINES AND CHUTES. EXTENSIVE DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND STOPES ON 4 LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 260, 1904, P. 239.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 38 , P. 254
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN. RES. 1917-1923.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965
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