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Vespasian

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021056
MRDS ID DC14770
Record type Site
Current site name Vespasian

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17302, 40.53855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2179
Relative position ONE MILE 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)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(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

  • MINE IS UNDER DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result LOW ASSAY OF PB & AG, UP TO 32 % ZN

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17302, 40.53855
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Near The Crest Of The Bingham Syncline.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE COUNTRY ROCKS ARE QUARTZITE AND A CRUSHED BLACK SHALE OR IMPURE SILICEOUS LIMESTONE.

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

  • THREE ADITS AND INCLINES

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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