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Congor

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102102
MRDS ID DC14190
Record type Site
Current site name Congor
Alternate or previous names Bingham Congor

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13219, 40.52855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position ONE MI. NE OF OPEN PIT CENTER

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 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1905 , ESTIMATED AT 15 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13219, 40.52855
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR OR LENTICULAR BODY 1-4 FT THICK, LOCALLY FILLS 3 INCH SEAMS AND FRACTURES IN PORPHYRY, AND IN STEEP NE VEIN FILLING
    Thickness 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A 12 - 15 FT THICK SILL IS FOUND BETWEEN AND UNDERLYING QUARTZITE AND OVERLYING CALCAREOUS ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years LATE 1800'S TO 1944

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • 900 FT TUNNEL, 500 FT INCLINE ( S 70 W, 30 ), AND DRIFTS ON SEVERAL LEVELS.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER 58 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 313

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1918-1923.

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1924-1944.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG CONTACT OF PORPHYRY AND LIMESTONE, IN THE FRACTURED CALCAREOUS QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE ABOVE THE PORPHYRY, AND SEAMS AND GRAINS IN PORPHYRY.

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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