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Dalton and Lark

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020857
MRDS ID DC14138
Record type Site
Current site name Dalton and Lark

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12302, 40.52272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF COPPER GULCH, 1.25 MI WEST OF LARK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

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 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CONSOLIDATED WITH THE BINGHAM COPPER AND GOLD CO. IN 1901. MINE IS BEING EXCAVATED BY THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT MINE.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE ORE TO THE 500 FT LEVEL, HIGH GRADE ORE BETWEEN 500 AND 640 FT LEVEL, BELOW 640 IS MORE LOW GRADE ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result 19 % PB, 24 OZ/TON AG, 0.075 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR BODIES CONCORDANT WITH SEDIMENTARY HOST
    Strike N 42 E
    Dip 40 NW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 286.51M
    Width 42.67M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE YOSEMITE-LARK ORE BODY IS A COMPLETELY MINERALIZED LIMESTONE BETWEEN TWO QUARTZITE WALLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 220,000 TONS ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 260, 1904, P. 239.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 315

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1916-1923

  • Deposit

    3A) USBM MIN. RES. 1924-1927

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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