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Utah Metal Tunnel

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020893
MRDS ID DC14227
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Metal Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16552, 40.51383 (WGS84)
Relative position NE 1/4 SW 1/4

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

  • WEST OF CARR FORK; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16552, 40.51383
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEAR OCCIDENTAL FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 160,000 TONS ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH G & MS BULL. 82, 1969, P. 211.

  • Deposit

    MIN. RES. OF THE U.S. (1916)-(1920).

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-19-1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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

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