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Dixon Channel

Past Producer 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020876
MRDS ID DC14199
Record type Site
Current site name Dixon Channel
Alternate or previous names Dixon Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15247, 40.5355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Relative position NEXT TO 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 EXCAVATED BY THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15247, 40.5355
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form EVENLY DISTRIBUTED
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRAVEL BEDS ABOUT 50 FEET THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1868-1902

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED BY AN OPEN CUT, TWO SHAFTS 40 & 50 FT, AND A 80 FT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDER WASTE FROM BINGHAM PIT

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

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