Middle Canyon Mines

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087690
MRDS ID D008620
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Canyon Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20886, 40.50716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position 6350 FT S 67 W OF CLIPPER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(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)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 003W 05 NW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE IS A 1975 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitzation And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Butterfield
    Rock description Butterfield
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20886, 40.50716

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Fractures, Faults, And Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 25 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS DARK GRAY TO BLACK, WEATHERING LIGHT GRAY BLUE WITH A SMOOTH SURFACE, VERY FINE-GRAINED, THIN BEDDED TO PLATY, WITH SOME SILT STRINGERS AND SMALL 1/2" TO 1" DIAMETER BLACK ROUNDED GLOBULAR CHERT NODULES. QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS ARE COMMON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS; CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES CLOSE TO A FAULT PLANE. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES. HOSTROCKS ARE SHEARED AND ALTERED. ORE MINERALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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