Little Bingham

Prospect in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300895
MAS/MILS ID 0490450011
Record type Site
Current site name Little Bingham

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -112.25079, 39.86665 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maple Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED 70 MILES SW OF SALT LAKE CITY AND 14 MILES WEST OF EUREKA. THE JOINT VENTURE INCLUDES 12000 ACRES. THE POINT OF REFERENCE IS THE TOWN OF EUREKA. POSSIBLE NAME OF MAP IS TINTIC JUNCTION, BUT THE EXACT LOCATION WAS UNABLE TO BE LOCATED ON A TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. APPROX. ELEVATION: 6200 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -112.25079, 39.86665

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Centurion Mines/Bhp Mineral Exp. Joint Venture
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1997

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CENTURION MINES CORP. PRESS RELEASE, 7-16-96.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, JULY 31, 1996, VOL. 107, #31, P15;

  • Deposit

    "DRILLING BEGINS ON BHP/CENTURION JOINT VENTURE COPPER/GOLD

  • Deposit

    PROJECT".

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 108, #3, 1-15-97, P1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-MAR-97 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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