| Deposit ID | 10020917 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14268 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | St. James Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.15302, 40.50022 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2469 |
| Relative position | 6,240 FT. EAST OF WEST MTN. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 004S | 003W | 02 | NE OF NW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAY IN 1905 15 TO 20 OZ AU/TON |
|---|---|
| Result | 30 OZ AG/TON |
| Result | 35% PB |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -112.15302, 40.50022 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | County Rock (N80w, 15ne); Fractured Zone (N25e, 69se); St. James Fissure (Ne-Sw) |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | 20NE |
| Width | 0.46M |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 20NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bingham District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Minerals Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14268 |
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 LIES CLOSE TO A ZONE OF CROSS FAULTING. HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES AND FRACTURES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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