| Deposit ID | 10020895 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14229 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | York Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.17386, 40.52077 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2362 |
| Relative position | 6900 FT. S87W OF OPEN PIT CENTER |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 003W | 34 | NW OF NW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| 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 | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 |
| Rock unit name | Bingham Mine |
| Rock description | Bingham Mine |
| (1) | -112.17386, 40.52077 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures, Fractures, Folds, And Faults (N0-35w, Steep East) |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | EW |
| Dip | 20N TO 25N |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bingham District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14229 |
BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO A ZONE OF CROSS-FAULTING. MINERALIZATION IS STRUCTURALLY CONTROLLED. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS IN WALL ROCKS. ORE IS PARTIALLY OXIDIZED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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