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Navajo Tunnel

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021063
MRDS ID DC14780
Record type Site
Current site name Navajo Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1558, 40.53716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position NORTH OF BINGHAM CANYON

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 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNDER THE WASTE DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1905 : 20 % PB, $3 - 4 AU PER TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1558, 40.53716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone; Beds (S 70 W, 12 Sw), The Mine Is On The Axis Of The Bingham Syncline.

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE LOWER TUNNEL IS IN A FRACTURE ZONE IN HANGING WALL QUARTZITE. THE UPPER TUNNEL IS IN A CONTACT BETWEEN IMPURE LIMESTONE HANGING WALL AND A QUARTZITE FOOT WALL.

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 workings information

  • A 575 FT LOWER ADIT AND AN UNKNOWN LENGTH UPPER ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 295

  • Deposit

    SWENSEN, A. J., 1975 , BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: GUIDEBOOK, SOC. OF ECON. GEOL, OCT 23 , PLATE I

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958

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

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