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Niagara

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020900
MRDS ID DC14238
Record type Site
Current site name Niagara
Alternate or previous names U.S. Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14747, 40.51133 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position ONE MILE S OF 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;004S 003W;003W 35;02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES: SPANISH NO. 1 , SPANISH , 1899 , MAYBERRY, AND FRANKLIN LEVELS. THE MINE IS DUG UP BY THE OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Ls Is Metamorphosed Almost Entirely To A Highly Siliceous Cherty Marble.

Analytical data

Result 1860'S : $3 - 6/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14747, 40.51133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Jordan Ls (E-W, 35 - 40 N)

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATED IRREGULAR LENSES
    Thickness 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: EITHER BARREN QUARTZITE OR MARBLE FORMS THE FOOTWALL AND BARREN MARBLE OR INTRUSIVE BODIES THE HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 50,440 TONS ORE. ALSO PRODUCED DECREASING AMOUNTS FRM 1932 TO 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH G & MS BULL. 82, 1969, P. 211.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 38 , P. 240

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1930-1945.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965

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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