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Red Wing Extension

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10020865
MRDS ID DC14183
Record type Site
Current site name Red Wing Extension

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15219, 40.54216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position NEAR MOUTH OF FREEMAN GULCH, HALF MILE NE OF BINGHAM CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(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)

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 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CONSOLIDATED WITH HIGHLAND BOY CONSOLIDATED AS THE UTAH-APEX. THE MINE IS NOW UNDER THE WASTE DUMPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1905 : 45 % PB, 15 OZ AG, TRACE CU PER TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15219, 40.54216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Black Ls Beds (N 20 - 40 E, 25 - 50 Nw)

Ore body information

  • General form VERTICAL PENCIL SHAPE
    Thickness 0.05M
    Length 0.3M
    Width 0.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE COUNTRY ROCKS CONSIST OF FROM TOP OF BEDS TO BOTTOM: SLICKENSIDED BLACK LIMESTONE, GRAY CALCAREOUS QUARTZITE ( 1 FT. ), SEAM OF GALENA AND PYRITE ( 1/8 IN. ), BLACK SILICEOUS LS ( 16 FT. ), GRAY SILICEOUS LS ( 1.5 FT ), CRUSHED GRAY SILICEOUS LS ( 12 FT. ).

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 workings information

  • THREE TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

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