Red Wing Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10102134
MRDS ID DC14782
Record type Site
Current site name Red Wing Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Wing Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15358, 40.53827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position NORTH 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)

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 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS UNDER WASTE DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15358, 40.53827

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure (Ne, Steep Nw), Slip Planes (N 25 - 30 E, N 40 - 50 E), Country Rx Dip Nw.

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M
    Width 9.14M

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

  • THREE TUNNELS ( 125 , 425 , AND 700 FT)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES LIMITED BY SLIP PLANES

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.