Bingham Mines Co? Adits

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Cadmium, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042145
MRDS ID M058510
Record type Site
Current site name Bingham Mines Co? Adits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11912, 39.99495 (WGS84)
Elevation 1913
Relative position 7800 FT. N 14 E OF PACKARD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 003W 31 SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF RATTLESNAKE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF SHEAR SHOWS NIL AU BY TRACE METHOD, 170 PPM AS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Humbug;Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Humbug;Deseret Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11912, 39.99495

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER JASPEROID
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 35

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • STAINING FOLLOWED BY PROSPECTOR MAY BE JUST WEATHERING OF QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL CUTS

Comments on development

  • CAT WORK AND ADIT WORK APPEARS TO BE 1950S VINTAGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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