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Nast

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102106
MRDS ID DC14225
Record type Site
Current site name Nast
Alternate or previous names Nast and Benton Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16552, 40.51272 (WGS84)
Elevation 2179
Relative position ONE MILE SW 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 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNDER THE WASTE DUMPS

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciated Monzonite

Analytical data

Result 1905 - FERGUSON VEIN: 45 - 55 % PB, $4 - 5 AU, 20 - 30 OZ AG, AND TRACE OF CU TO THE TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16552, 40.51272
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne - Sw Fissures 3 - 9 Ft Wide

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR SEAMS
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 75 NW, 45 - 60 SE, 90
    Width 0.25M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SOME VUGS ARE LINED WITH CALCITE CRYSTALS

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 workings information

  • 2,600 FT NAST TUNNEL, 1,600 FT BENTON TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SITUATED ON THE NAST AND FERGUSON VEINS.

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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