Bates Canyon Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012750
MRDS ID D008613
Record type Site
Current site name Bates Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.23913, 40.62272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1664
Relative position 25,800 FT. N 8 W OF INTERNATIONAL SMELTER IN BATES CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bingham Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004W 25 NE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Fissures, Fractures And Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES AND FRACTURES. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE SILICA; VEINS OF CALCITE AND QUARTZ ARE COMMON IN WALLROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS, CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN BRECCIATED, AND HIGHLY ALTERED HOSTROCKS
Deposit THE DEPOSIT LIES IN AN AREA CLOSE TO THE NORTH OQUIRRH THRUST ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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