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Dixon Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102133
MRDS ID DC14776
Record type Site
Current site name Dixon Mine
Related records 10129816

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15108, 40.54244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1806
Relative position 8,800 FT. S79E OF MARKHAM 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 23 SW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Selenite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Sericitization, Limonitization, And Silicification

Analytical data

Result HEAD OF THE "BIG STOPE": 3-4 OZ/TON AU, 100-200 OZ/TON AG
Result IN THE NE: 15% PB, 2-4 OZ/TON AG, TRACE AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15108, 40.54244
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Basin And Range
Local Fracture Zone (N15e, 25; 30nw), Folds And Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE TO SW
    Dip 30NW
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 30NW
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 30NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone Along Shale Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCK IS A MASSIVE AND SOFT, CARBONACEOUS AND CALCAREOUS SHALE ABOUT 100 FT THICK, ASSOCIATED WITH LIMESTONES AND QUARTZITES, AS OCCASIONAL BANDS

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

  • 250 FT INCLINE AND 1,000 FT OF DRIFTS STRIKING NORTHEASTWARD AND SOUTHWESTWARD AT SEVERAL LEVELS; THE ORE OCCURS IN DOUBLE CONVEX LENSES WHICH LIE IN THE FISSURE IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE HANGING WALL AND UPON A BENCH FORMED BY THE LOCAL FLATTENING OF THE FISSURE SMALLER LENSES OF ORE UNDER LIE THESE MAJOR BODIES.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS DC14776

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 CLOSE TO MIDAS THRUST FAULT AND OTHER CROSS-FAULTED ZONES. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES IN ALTERED AND DEFORMED HOSTROCKS

Reporter information

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