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Dry Fork Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Iron
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012753
MRDS ID D008617
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Fork Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1533, 40.57883 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position ABOUT 1.25 MILES 568E FROM BARNEYS PEAK
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003W 11 NE OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite 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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Clinker
    Rock description Clinker

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1533, 40.57883
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Basin And Range
Local Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 30 NE
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 30 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOSTROCKS ARE LIGHT BROWN TO TAN, FINE-GRAINED, SILICEOUS AND CALCAREOUS. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ, OCCURRING AS VEINS IN WALLROCKS.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT, COLLAPSED, AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D008617

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C. 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES ON THE NORTHEASTERN LIMB OF COPPERTON ANTICLINE. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES IN HIGHLY ALTERED WALLROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Unknown Utah Geological and Mineral Survey