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New Bullion Mine Southern Workings

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012654
MRDS ID D008428
Record type Site
Current site name New Bullion Mine Southern Workings
Alternate or previous names Balhinch Mine
Related records 10088992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20746, 39.99856 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
Relative position 18500 FT. NW OF BOULTER SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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 009S 003W 29,31,32 NE OF NW OF NW (32) Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gardison Ls
    Rock description Gardison Ls
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Maxfield Limestone and Ophir Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Front
Type of structure Local
Structure description New Bullion Fault, North Tintic Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Nw Trending Mineralized Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PROBABLY FROM MAIN WORKINGS ON BOULTER PEAK QUAD. PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR THE WHOLE GROUP ARE LISTED IN THE BOULTER PEAK CRIB FILE

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SMALL PROSPECT AND ONE ADIT APRROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITES OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T. BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JCT. QUAD.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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