Venice Tunnel

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020883
MRDS ID DC14211
Record type Site
Current site name Venice Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17524, 40.52466 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 1 MILE N37E OF CLIPPER PEAK

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 NE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Bingham Stock;Last Chance Stock
    Rock description Bingham Stock;Last Chance Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bingham Mine
    Rock description Bingham Mine

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17524, 40.52466

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Fractures And Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NW
    Dip 25NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures (N70w, 20n)

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCK IS MADE UP OF QUARTZITES AND GRAY IN PURE ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE. THE HANGING WALL IS QUARTZITE AND FOOT WALL IS LIMESTONE.

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS 150 AND 300 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES IN THE BRECCIATED AND ALTERED WALLROCKS, VERY CLOSE TO PARNELL LODE AND ZONE OF CROSS-FAULTING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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