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Ashland

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020968
MRDS ID DC14503
Record type Site
Current site name Ashland

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15913, 40.50688 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH EDGE OF THE 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

  • PART OF THE OPEN PIT MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15913, 40.50688
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures (N 20 E; N 15 - 20 W, 45 - 85 W)

Comments on the geologic information

  • JORDAN LIMESTONE TRUNCATED BY PORPHYRY.

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 production information

  • $20,000 PRODUCED TO 1885

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 731.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS AND STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN TWO FISSURES: ONE N20E ALONG QUARTZITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT AND INTO E-W QUARTZITE--STOPED. SECOND N15W, 45-85SW, ALSO STOPED.

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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