| Deposit ID | 10012759 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008635 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Spring Tunnel Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.16886, 40.50327 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2426 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 2,500 FT N 60 E FROM WEST MOUNTAIN |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 004S | 003W | 03 | NE OF SE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Flows | ||||||
| Rock description | Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Flows | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite |
| 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 | Upper Bingham Mine |
| Rock description | Upper Bingham Mine |
| (1) | -112.16886, 40.50327 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bingham District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008635 |
BRAY E R WILSON J C 1975 GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT; SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
COOK D R 1961 GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRIST AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 145P
BUTLER, B S ET. AL. 1920 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UGSG P.P. 111 672P.
BOUTWELL J M 1905 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT UTAH: USGS P.P. 38 410P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT LIES NEARBY A GROUP OF FAULTS. HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED. ORE ZONE IS LOCATED ALONG FISSURE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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