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Burning Moscow

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020887
MRDS ID DC14218
Record type Site
Current site name Burning Moscow

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1683, 40.5105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2263
Relative position SW EDGE 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 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE OPEN PIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE CARBONATES ARE IN THE UPPER STOPES AND THE SULPHIDES ARE IN THE LOWER STOPES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1683, 40.5105
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE-SW
    Dip 40 - 50 SE
    Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FISSURE VEIN CUTS INTRUSIVES

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 production information

  • NO QUANT. DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG CONTACT OF LS & MONZONITE

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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