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Erie Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021061
MRDS ID DC14777
Record type Site
Current site name Erie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15719, 40.53716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position JUST NORTH 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 23,26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • BOUGHT BY THE OHIO COPPER CO. IN 1903 . THE MINE TODAY IS UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15719, 40.53716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure (N 20 E - S 20 W, Vertical)

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E - S 20 W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FISSURE CUTS A SUCCESSION OF QUARTZITE AND INTERBEDDED CALCAREOUS CARBONACEOUS SHALES. THE MINE IS CLOSE TO THE AXIS OF THE BINGHAM SYNCLINE.

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 TUNNELS: UPPER - 100 FT, MIDDLE - 80 FT, LOWER - 275 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOOTS IN QUARTZITE ARE UP TO 3 FT WIDE, IN SHALE UP TO 12 FT WIDE.

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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