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Albino

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020918
MRDS ID DC14269
Record type Site
Current site name Albino

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16247, 40.50188 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
Relative position SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT

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 004S 003W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE NOW BELONGS TO KENNECOTT COPPER CORP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULPHIDE ORES OCCUR NEAR THE SURFACE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16247, 40.50188
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL IRREGULAR STREAKS
    Strike N20W - E-W
    Dip 70SE - N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY RX ARE CUT BY IRREGULAR MASSES OF MONZONITE

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

  • NO QUANT. DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF TUNNELS DRIVEN SW ALONG FRACTURE IN LIMESTONE. ALSO GALENA FISSURE WORKED IN UPPER LEVELS OF MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAKS CONTAIN HIGH VALUES OF LEAD

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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