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Yosemite

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10102110
MRDS ID DC14249
Record type Site
Current site name Yosemite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1308, 40.51494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Relative position ONE MILE SE 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 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS UNDER DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ASSAY: 50 % PB, 14 OZ AG, 0.07 OZ AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1308, 40.51494
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rx Dips 32 - 45 Nw

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATED, LENTICULAR SHOOTS, PIPES
    Thickness 152.4M
    Length 18.29M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

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

  • 30,000 TONS PRODUCED TO 1900 .

Comments on the workings information

  • AN 800 FT INCLINE WITH DRIFTS, AND A 1,000 FT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 321

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1916-1923.

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1925.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERGROUND

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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