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Midland

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. 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 10021049
MRDS ID DC14761
Record type Site
Current site name Midland

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1333, 40.54966 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 1.75 MILES NE OF BINGHAM CANYON

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 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore

Analytical data

Result ( 1905 ) NORTHERN SHOOT: 38 % PB, 8 - 10 OZ/TON AG, $3 IN GOLD AND SOME COPPER. SOUTHERN SHOOT - 50 % PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone (N 10 - 20 W, 65 - 80 W). The Copperton Anticline Axis Is Close To The Mine.

Ore body information

  • General form THREE DISTINCT SHOOTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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