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Bazouk

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098080
MRDS ID DC14259
Record type Site
Current site name Bazouk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14608, 40.50327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE 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 004S 003W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NOW PART OF THE BINGHAM CANYON MINE

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14608, 40.50327
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone (N 20 , 55 W)

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1906-1920

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the production information

  • NO QUANT. DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ABANDONED TUNNELS AND INCLINE

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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