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Liberal

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Alteration
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021054
MRDS ID DC14767
Record type Site
Current site name Liberal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16219, 40.53772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position WEST 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 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CONSOLIDATED IN 1903 WITH BEN BUTLER INTO BUTLER - LIBERAL MINE. THE MINE TODAY IS UNDER THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Crushed Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16219, 40.53772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure (S 15 W)

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS AND LENTICULAR BODIES
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 4.57M
    Width 4.57M

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 workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS 250 AND 400 FT, AND A 300 FT DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG A FRACTURE ZONE

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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