| Deposit ID | 10087684 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008601 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Castro Gulch Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.10886, 40.49938 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1841 |
| Relative position | 10,300 FT S 28 W FROM LARK, IN CASTROGULCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tickville Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jordan(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Military Reservation(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 004S | 002W | 06 | SE OF SW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Rock unit name | Volcanic Agglomerates; Volcamic Breccia; Volcamic Flows;Last Chance Stock |
| Rock description | Volcanic Agglomerates; Volcamic Breccia; Volcamic Flows;Last Chance Stock |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Rhyolite-Quartz Latite Or Monzonite Porphyry |
| Rock description | Rhyolite-Quartz Latite Or Monzonite Porphyry |
| (1) | -112.10886, 40.49938 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 50 NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bingham District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008601 |
BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
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.
BUTLER, B.S., ET AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: P.P. 111. 672P.
BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LATITE INTRUSIVES ARE YOUNGER THAN THE SURROUNDING VOLCANIC FLOW ROCKS AND BRECCIAS ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED BY FISSURES TRENDING NORTHEASTWARD AND SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH ALTERED AND DEFORMED WALLROCKS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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