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Rough and Ready

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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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. 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 10020902
MRDS ID DC14240
Record type Site
Current site name Rough and Ready
Alternate or previous names Grand Cross

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14274, 40.50883 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position SOUTH EDGE OF OPEN PIT, SE 1/4

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 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14274, 40.50883
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Economic information

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

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION OF $10,000 TO 1885

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF OPENINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PA 38 , P. 253

  • Deposit

    HUNTLEY, D. B., 1885 , TENTH CENSUS, U.S., V. 13 P. 416

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958

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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