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U.S. Lark Mine

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Mercury, Zinc, Arsenic
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040409
MRDS ID M055171
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Lark Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1608, 40.50411 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJOINS THE BINGHAM COPPER PIT

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 004S 003W 03 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation Quartzite, Limestone;Lark Limestone Member Limestone
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation Quartzite, Limestone;Lark Limestone Member Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1608, 40.50411
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL POCKET OF CINNABAR
    Length 3.05M
    Depth to top 792.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Normal Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1962
Discoverer United States Smelting, Refining, And Mining Co.

Mining district

District name Bingham

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT A COMMERCIAL SOURCE OF HG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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