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Reed and Benson Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020854
MRDS ID DC14133
Record type Site
Current site name Reed and Benson Mine
Alternate or previous names Kennebec Consolidated Group, Kennebec Mine, Craig Tunnel, New Goodspeed Tunnel
Related records 10227509

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65107, 40.60772 (WGS84)
Elevation 2761
Relative position 3,150 FT S 58 E OF MONTREAL HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 30 SE OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES: REED AND GODSPEED, OPHIR AND KENNEBEC WORKINGS ALSO. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 120 OZ/TON AG, 35% PB REED & BENSON MINE
Result 45% PB, 42 OZ/TON AG WITH3% MOISTURE OPHIR MINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Maxfield Limestone
    Rock description Maxfield Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65107, 40.60772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alta Overthrust, Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY
    Dip 35
    Length 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 335.28M
  • General form CHIMNEY
    Dip 35

Comments on the geologic information

  • OTHER FORMATIONS OCCURRING ON THE PROPERTY INCLUDE TINTIC QUARTZITE, OPHIR SHALE (CAMB.), MADISON AND DESERET LIMESTONES (MISS.)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1871

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • REED & BENSON WORKED VIGOROUSLY FROM SEPT. 1871-APRIL 1878, HAS BEEN LEASED TO A LIMITED EXTENT SINCE THEN. REED AND BENSON MINE SUMMER 1873 PRODUCED 10 TONS/DAY, FALL 1873 15 TONS/DAY OF A GRAY CARBONATE AND GALENA ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE MAIN WORKINGS ARE CRAIG TUNNEL, KENNEBEC (NEW GOODSPEED) TUNNEL AND REED AND BENSON TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • CHIMNEY ORIGINALLY WORKED THROUGH FOUR INCLINES, LATER EFFORTS TO INTERCEPT ONE AT DEPTH WITH LONG ADITS WERE LARGELY UNSUCCESSFUL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD.; USGS MAP GQ-378.

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PP 201, PG. 107-109.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 71-73.

  • Production

    USGS PP 201, PG. 109

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHIMNEY NARROWED WITH DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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