U. S. Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
Warning: This record lacks important information: bibliographic references, which we consider necessary for a comprehensive report.
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055142
MRDS ID RE00155
Record type Site
Current site name U. S. Mine
Alternate or previous names Galena Hoist, U. S. and Lark Mine, United States Mining Company Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15802, 40.50716 (WGS84)

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
004S 003W 03 NE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION REFERS TO THE GALENA HOIST, WHICH LIES NEAR THE CENTER OF THE U. S. MINE WORKINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15802, 40.50716

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.