South Fork Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012755
MRDS ID D008622
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20191, 40.558 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES N 73 E FROM INTERNATIONAL SMELTER IN SOUTH FORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bingham Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003W 17 NE OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Upper Bingham Mine;Curry
    Rock description Upper Bingham Mine;Curry

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures And Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS OF CALCITE AND QUARTZ ARE COMMON IN HOSTROCKS. LIMESTONES ARE BLACK TO DARK GRAY, FINE-GRAINED, ARGILLACEOUS AND SILTY, AND THIN BEDDED TO PLATY, WITH ABUNDANT CHERYT NODULES. QUARTZITES ARE LIGHT TAN, VERY FINE-GRAINED, FELDSPATHIC, CROSS-LAMINATED, AND SILICEOUS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT; CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES IN DEFORMED, AND ALTERED HOST ROCKS. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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