| Deposit ID | 10020884 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14212 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Argentine Shaft |
| Alternate or previous names | Argentine Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.18191, 40.51105 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2560 |
| Relative position | 1,800 FT S62E OF CLIPPER PEAK |
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)
Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 003W | 33 | NE OF SW OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| Rock unit name | Latite Porphyry And Volcanic Flows |
| Rock description | Latite Porphyry And Volcanic Flows |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Upper Bingham Mine |
| Rock description | Upper Bingham Mine |
| (1) | -112.18191, 40.51105 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Breccia Zones (N-S And N30e, Dip Steeply Ne) |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | W TO NW |
| Dip | 40N TO 30NE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bingham District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Minerals Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14212 |
BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P. P. 38, 410P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT LIES IN A ZONE OF CROSS FAULTING, SW OF OCCIDENTAL FAULT. WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED. ORE ZONES ARE LOCALIZED IN FISSURES AND FRACTURES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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