Wall Group

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020877
MRDS ID DC14200
Record type Site
Current site name Wall Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14997, 40.52411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position FORMERLY IN THE CENTER 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 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS COMPLETELY REMOVED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ASSAY 1.61 % CU. CONCENTRATES OF 14 TO 1 RATIO AVERAGE 32 % CU, $3.50 AU, 6 % AG, 12.5 % FE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14997, 40.52411

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure (Ne, 42 - 65 Nw)

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DISSEMINATED PORPHYRY COPPER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLUDES 25 ADITS, 35 TEST PITS, 2 DRILL HOLES, AND VARIOUS MINOR OPENINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.