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Bulldozer Tunnel

Prospect in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096905
MRDS ID DC14189
Record type Site
Current site name Bulldozer Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Boston Consolidated Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16302, 40.51077 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position SW EDGE OF BINGHAM OPEN 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 003S 003W 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE OPEN PIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO LARGE AMOUNT OF ORE ENCOUNTERED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16302, 40.51077
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE TUNNEL LIES IN OXIDIZED, CHERTY LS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT TUNNEL IN A NE DIRECTION, CONNECTS WITH THE PHOENIX MINE BY AN INCLINE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT

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

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