Susquehanna 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020881
MRDS ID DC14209
Record type Site
Current site name Susquehanna Tunnel
Related records 10130304

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17552, 40.52494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 1.5 MILE WEST OF OPEN PIT CENTER

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)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE BELONGS TO THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO MINERALS FOUND

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17552, 40.52494

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCKS ARE COMPOSED OF CRUSHED QUARTZITE, BLACK SILICEOUS LIMESTONE, AND QUARTZITE.

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

  • A 300 FT TUNNEL

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

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