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Colorado Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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 10020921
MRDS ID DC14273
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15219, 40.51105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH 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 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS DUG UP BY THE OPEN PIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA RESTRICTED TO FISSURES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH CU VALUES, AND ABOUT 51 % PB

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15219, 40.51105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone (N 60 E, 55 N)

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS WHITE AND CRYSTALLINE AND FRACTURE ALONG SEVERAL N-S PLANES. THE ORE CAME UP IN A VERTICAL FISSURE AND REPLACE THE LIMESTONE BEDS. CUPRIFEROUS PYRITE BANDS ALONG BEDS OF LIMESTONE AWAY FROM FISSURE.

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

  • 300 FT TUNNEL, CROSSCUTS, 50 FT WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT ORE IS ENTIRELY IN LIMESTONE.

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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