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Brooklyn

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Alteration
  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 10102109
MRDS ID DC14243
Record type Site
Current site name Brooklyn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12941, 40.51383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position SE OF BINGHAM OPEN PIT BOTTOM

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 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CONSOLIDATED IN 1901 WITH THE BINGHAM COPPER AND GOLD MINING CO. UNDER THE NAME OF BINGHAM CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. THE MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation To A Depth Of 1200 Ft.

Analytical data

Result 1884 : FIRST CLASS ORE - 50 % PB, 9 OZ/TON AG
Result SECOND CLASS, 20 % PB, 4.5 OZ/TON AG. GENERAL AVERAGE VALUES: 39.23 % PB, 9.33 OZ/TON AG, 0.057 OZ/TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12941, 40.51383
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR SHOOTS OR PENCILS
    Strike NE
    Dip 35-47
    Thickness 5.49M
    Width 57.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ORE BODY IS IN A LIMESTONE BETWEEN QUARTZITE WALLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1916-1918

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • A 1,450 FT INCLINE WITH 15 LEVELS, THE LONGEST BEING 2,000 FT CONNECTING WITH THE OLD REVERE WORKINGS. LOWER LEVELS CONTAIN RAISES AND IS OPEN BY TUNNEL TO GULCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES LIE ON THE PLANE OF THE QUARTZITE FOOT WALL.
Deposit PART OF DALTON-LARK PROPERTY

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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