Minnie Tunnel

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020891
MRDS ID DC14223
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17052, 40.52077 (WGS84)
Elevation 2240
Relative position ONE MILE WEST OF THE OPEN PIT CENTER

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 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS DUG UP BY THE OPEN PIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Marblized Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17052, 40.52077

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults (N 20 E With 5 - 8 Ft Displacements)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL AND TWO INCLINES FOLLOWING THE CONTACT OF LIMESTONE WITH THE QUARTZITE FOOTWALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF BASAL BEDS OF LS

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.