Hoogley

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10102131
MRDS ID DC14766
Record type Site
Current site name Hoogley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17413, 40.53661 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position ONE MILE WEST OF BINGHAM CANYON

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)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS BURIED BY THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE OCCURS IN AN OCHEROUS, EARTHY VEIN FILLING AND RICHEST IN A BLACK, BANDED GOUGE.

Analytical data

Result HIGH VALUES IN 1905 OF 625 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17413, 40.53661

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hoogley Fissure (Nw, Dip Sw), Faults (N 70 E, N 70 W With About 4 Ft Displacement Each). Very Close To The Axis Of The Bingham Syncline.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 41 W
    Dip 58 - 60 SW
    Width 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

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

  • 1,150 FT OF WORKINGS

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.