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Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo ores at heart of district. Silver and gold in replacement bodies surrounding intrusive.

also see an old movie here: http://www.archive.org/details/copper_mining_and_smelting

References

USGS Professional paper 38 (1905)

Warnaars, F.W., Smith, W.H., Bray, R.E., Lanier, G., and Shafiqullah, M. (1978) Geochronology of igneous intrusions and porphyry copper mineralization at Bingham, Utah. Econmic Geology: 73: 1242-1249.

Phillips, C.H., Smith, T.W., and Harrison, E.D. (1997) Alteration, metal zoning, and ore controls in the Bingham Canyon porphyry copper deposits, Utah. In: Geology and Ore Deposits of the Oquirrh and Wasatch Mountains, Utah (.A. John & .H. Ballantyne, editors). Society of Economic Geologists, Guidebook Series 29: 133-145.

Waite, K.A., Keith, J.D., Christiansen, E.H., Whitney, J.A., Hattori, K., Tingey, D.G., and Hook, C.J. (1997) Petrogenesis of the volcanic and intrusive rocks associated with the Bingham Canyon porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit, Utah. In: Geology and Ore Deposits of the Oquirrh and Wasatch Mountains, Utah (D.A. John & G.H. Ballantyne, editors). Society of Economic Geologists, Guidebook Series 29: 1242-1249.

Redmond, P.B. (2002) Magmatic-Hydrothermal Fluids and Copper-Gold Ore Formation at Bingham Canyon, Utah. Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Redmond, P.B., Einaudi, M.T., Inan, E.E., Landtwing, M.R., and Heinrich, C.A. (2004) Copper deposition by fluid cooling in intrusion-centered systems: new insights from the Bingham porphyry ore deposit, Utah: Geology: 32: 217-220.

Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2005): Porphyry Copper Deposits of the World: Database, Map, and Grade and Tonnage Models. USGS Open-File Report 05-1060.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Allophane
Andalusite
Anglesite
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bornite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Calaverite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Copper
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
Dufrénoysite
Enargite
Epidote
Epsomite
Fluorite
Foshagite
Freibergite
Galena
'Garnet'
Goethite
Gold
Goslarite
Grossular
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Gyrolite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hydrozincite
Illite
var: Leverrierite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Limonite
Linarite
Magnetite
Malachite
Mallardite
Marcasite
Massicot
Melanterite
var: Cuprian Melanterite
var: Manganoan Melanterite
Mercury
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Nontronite
Nukundamite
Okenite
'Olivine'
Opal
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Palladium
Pentlandite
Pharmacosiderite ?
Platinum
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Jasper
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rutile
Seligmannite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Siderotil
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Sulphur
Talc
Talnakhite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Thaumasite
Thomsonite-Ca
Tobermorite
Tremolite
Turquoise
Uvite
Vivianite
'Wad'
Wavellite
Wollastonite


139 entries listed. 103 valid minerals.

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