Blaine Tunnel

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10020869
MRDS ID DC14188
Record type Site
Current site name Blaine Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13274, 40.52716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position EAST SIDE OF THE OPEN PIT

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 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TUNNEL IS NOW UNDER THE WASTE DUMP OF THE OPEN PIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO MINERAL WAS SEEN BY BOUTWELL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13274, 40.52716

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rock (N 10 E, 30 Nw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL IS 325 FT IN SW, 80 FT NW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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.