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Montezuma

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10021059
MRDS ID DC14774
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16302, 40.53772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 0.5 MILE NW 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

  • UNDER THE WASTE DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1905 : AVE: 30 - 50 % PB, 32 - 50 OZ/TON AG, AND $3 - 4/TON AU.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16302, 40.53772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rocks (Ne, 20 - 45 Nw), Fracture Zone (N 10 - 30 E, 45 - 85 Nw), Fissures (N 50 - 75 W), Near The Andy Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form TWO PARALLEL SHOOTS
    Strike NE - SW
    Dip 45 - 85 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ORE OCCURS ON A FISSURE BETWEEN CALCAREOUS SHALE AND QUARTZITE.

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 production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1905 - $80,000

Comments on the workings information

  • A 700 FT ADIT, A 104 FT SHAFT, WITH DRIFTS AND STOPES.

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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