Barneys Canyon Lower Mine

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012752
MRDS ID D008616
Record type Site
Current site name Barneys Canyon Lower Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12691, 40.59327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 2.5 MILES N77E FROM BARNEYS PEAK IN BARNEYS 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 01 NW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Kirkman
    Rock description Kirkman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12691, 40.59327

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Fractures And Folds

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS IN THE ALTERED WALLROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL, CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOSTROCKS ARE DARK GRAY, WEATHERING TO ALIGHT BLUISH GRAY, FINE-GRAINED LAMINATED LIMESTONES, INTERBEDDED WITH THIN BANDS OF QUARTZITES. LENSES OF COARSE GRAINED, WELL-ROUNDED QUART ZOSE SAND OR FINE-GRAINED SILT MAKES UP ABOUT 20 PERC. OF THE ROCK. INTRA FORMATIONAL BRECCIA AND CONTORTED LAMINATIONS ARE COMMON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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