U - and - I Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10020882
MRDS ID DC14210
Record type Site
Current site name U - and - I Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15997, 40.53327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 0.5 MILE WEST 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 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS BURIED BY WASTES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15997, 40.53327

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trending N 20 E Is Offset In The Lower Level 40 - 50 Feet To The North.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A NE FISSURE CUTS QUARTZITE AND AN INTERBEDDED BLACK, CALCAREOUS SHALE AND SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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

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