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Yampa

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020894
MRDS ID DC14228
Record type Site
Current site name Yampa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17358, 40.51438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 1.25 MILE SW OF 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

  • UNDER DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17358, 40.51438
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rx (E-W, N), Fissures (N 80 E; N 10 E; N 40 W)

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE COUNTRY ROCK IS A CRUSHED, FRACTURED, BANDED CHERTY LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1923

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • A 70 FT INCLINE, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 269

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1923.

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1926.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

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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