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Broad Gauge Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  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 10021057
MRDS ID DC14772
Record type Site
Current site name Broad Gauge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14247, 40.55161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position AT THE MOUTH OF DRY FORK GULCH NEAR THE RAILROAD

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 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Selenite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1905 , 8 - 300 OZ/TON PB, LOW IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14247, 40.55161
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN A ZONE OF CRUSHED QUARTZITE

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

  • NO QUANT. DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT TUNNEL, 90 FT INCLINES, SHORT DRIFTS, A RAISE, AND A SHORT LOWER TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN QUARTZITE NEAR CONTACT WITH PORPHYRY

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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