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St. Louis Workings

Prospect in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020866
MRDS ID DC14185
Record type Site
Current site name St. Louis Workings
Alternate or previous names White Channel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14024, 40.54716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position ONE 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

  • MINE IS COMPLETELY EXCAVATED BY OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result POOR GRADE ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14024, 40.54716
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 18.29M
    Length 22.86M
    Width 10.67M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRAVELS INCLUDE LARGE WELL-ROUNDED BOULDERS OF QUARTZITE, QUARTZITE BRECCIA, PORPHYRY, AND CHERTY LIME. A CROSS SECTION OF THE DEPOSIT SHOWS 8 FT OF RED PEBBLY SOIL; 25 FT OF COARSE ANGULAR BEDDED QUARTZITE FRAGMENTS 2 - 4 IN DIAM; 25 FT OF 1 - 7 FT DIAM BOULDERS OF PORPHYRY, QUARTZITE, AND QUARTZITE BRECCIA; AND A DENSELY COMPACTED BUFF FERRUGINOUS BASAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

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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