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Caledonia

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. 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 10021058
MRDS ID DC14773
Record type Site
Current site name Caledonia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14386, 40.54105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 0.5 MI 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 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH DUMP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NARROW/NEAR BAND OF OXIDIZED ORE PENETRATE SULPHIDE MASS WELL BELOW MAIN OXIDIZED BODY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14386, 40.54105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure (N 40 W), Fracture Plane (Ne-Sw)

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, BANDS, PODS
    Dip SW
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN LAYERS IN A BED OF DISINTEGRATED QUARTZITE AND GRAY SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years PRIOR 1915

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1880 IS $15,000

Comments on the workings information

  • A 500 FT TUNNEL, TWO INCLINES, AND A RAISE TO UPPER STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 306

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1927.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

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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