Barneys Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Iron
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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012751
MRDS ID D008615
Record type Site
Current site name Barneys Canyon Mine
Related records 10130300

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14774, 40.59327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE N53E 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 03 NE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kirkman
    Rock description Kirkman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14774, 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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 40 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

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

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL, COLLAPSED AND INACCESSIBLE; MANY OTHER SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES ON THE SOUTHERN LIMB OF AN OVERTURNED ANTICLINE. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES IN HIGHLY ALTERED WALLROCKS.
Deposit HOSTROCKS ARE DARK GRAY, WEATHERING TO A LIGHT BLUISH GRAY, SMOOTH SURFACED, FINE-GRAINED, LAMINATED LIMESTONES, WITH BANDS OF QUARTZITES. LENSES OF COARSE-GRAINED, WELL-ROUNDED QUARTZOSE SAND OR FINE-GRAINED SILT MAKES UP ABOUT 20% OF THE ROCK. INTRAFORMATIONAL 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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