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Clays Rim

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. 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 10041777
MRDS ID M057551
Record type Site
Current site name Clays Rim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13608, 40.55216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position 2 MI. NE OF OPEN PIT CENTER NEAR THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD

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 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMP OF THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGHEST VALUE OF $18.20 A CUBIC YARD, LARGEST NUGGET FOUND IN AREA WAS 7 OZ AND 15 PENNYWEIGHTS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13608, 40.55216
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A SERIES OF THREE SIDE CHANNELS 30 , 50 , AND 65 FT BELOW THE SURFACE AVERAGING 60 , 20 , AND 30 FT WIDE RESPECTIVELY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL OUTPUT WAS ABOUT $138,000

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS, LATERAL STOPS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP 38 P. 357

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BULK OF ORE WAS TAKEN FROM THE TOP CHANNEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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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