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Argonaut Pit

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10020873
MRDS ID DC14195
Record type Site
Current site name Argonaut Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15524, 40.53355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1943
Relative position SHORT DISTANCE SOUTH 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 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNDERNEATH THE OPEN PIT MINE DUMPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result AVE 6 - 18 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15524, 40.53355
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 18.29M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE DEPOSIT IS AN OLD CHANNEL FILL MADE UP OF A CAPPING OF FINE SAND AND GRAVEL UNDERLAIN BY CROSS-BEDDED LENSES OF SAND; BLACK CARBONACEOUS DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FERRUGINOUS SUBANGULAR MATERIAL, BECOMING FINER DOWNWARD; CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL; COARSE SUBANGULAR MATERIAL; A LOWER CARBONACEOUS BED, AND A BASE HIDDEN BY TALUS.

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 production information

  • ESTIMATED $100,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINED BY OPEN PIT AND HYDRAULICING. GROUND COVERED BY WASTE FROM THE BINGHAM PIT.

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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