The Frisco is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,549 Feet (2,301 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.51, -112.17528
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Frisco MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frisco
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
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
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Limestone Dips N - Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): CONSOLIDATED IN 1902 WITH ZELNORA AND MORNING STAR AS THE NEW HAVEN COPPER AND GOLD CO. THE MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.
Comment (Workings): A 700 FT TUNNEL.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE TUNNEL EXPOSES PORPHYRY FOR 400 FT, THEN CROSSES SEVERAL FISSURES TO LIMESTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 269
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958
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