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Cuba Tunnel

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020875
MRDS ID DC14198
Record type Site
Current site name Cuba Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15441, 40.53161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position SOUTH 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 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS NOW DUG UP BY THE OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SLIGHT PYRITIZATION

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 - 80 W
    Dip 50 - 90 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE FISSURE IS BETWEEN A SILICEOUS LIMESTONE HANGING WALL AND A QUARTZITE FOOT WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

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

Beyond USGS

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