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Jersey Blue

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098077
MRDS ID DC14205
Record type Site
Current site name Jersey Blue

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16302, 40.52827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2027
Relative position 0.5 MI SW OF BINGHAM CANYON

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 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Analytical data

Result 1880 : 90 OZ/TON AG, 40 % PB

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16302, 40.52827
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure ( N 20 E, 90 )

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR BODIES
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 90
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE COUNTRY ROCK CONSIST OF QUARTZITE AND A CALCAREOUS BED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL OUTPUT OF 1880 - $16,000

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CONNECTED TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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