Black Dog Tunnels

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041782
MRDS ID M057557
Record type Site
Current site name Black Dog Tunnels
Alternate or previous names Red Wing Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1558, 40.53911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
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

  • UNDER PRESENT OPEN PIT MINE DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SHOWS A TRANSITION FROM LEAD CARBONATE TO SULPHIDE; GOLD OCCURS IN FERRUGINOUS NODULES; AND QUARTZITE STAINED BY COPPER CARBONATE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 1905 : 29 % PB, 19 OZ/TON AG, 95 CENTS/TON AU, TOTAL VALUE OF $22.57/TON.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1558, 40.53911

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein In Eastern Workings (N 40 W, 25 - 35 Sw), Vein In The Western Workings (N 70 E). The Bingham Syncline Is Just 1000 Ft South Of The Mine.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IN THE EASTERN TUNNEL, ORE MATERIAL IS COMPOSED OF ONE FOOT OF BROWN OCHEROUS MATERIAL, 10 INCHES OF WHITE CRUSHED QUARTZITE WITH LENSES OF GALENA, SIX INCHES OF FERRUGINOUS CARBONATE ORE, FOUR INCHES OF BANDED LEAD ORE, AND FEW INCHES OF EARTHY MATERIAL INCLOSING A TWO INCH CORE OF LEAD SULFIDE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J. M., 1905 , ECON. GEOL. OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: USGS PP 38 , P. 296

  • Deposit

    SOC. OF ECON. GEOLOGIST GUIDEBOOK OF THE BINGHAM MINING DIST., OCT 23 , 1975 , PL. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE SILVER HILL VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.