Stewart Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10041783
MRDS ID	M057558
Record type	Site
Current site name	Stewart Mine
Alternate or previous names	Boston Consolidated Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-112.16413, 40.51383 (WGS84)
Elevation	2195
Relative position	ONE MILE SW OF THE OPEN PIT CENTER

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

LOCATION IS TO REPRESENTATIVE POINT
INCLUDES THE ARMSTRONG, CAMPBELL, EDISON, PEABODY, AND PITT TUNNELS.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Copper	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Pyrite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	1885 : ASSAY OF $50 - 100 IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pennsylvanian
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-112.16413, 40.51383	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Cherty Ls (Dip 53 Nw)

Ore body information

Dip 30 NW

Thickness 91.44M

Length 121.92M

Width 60.96M

Dip	30 NW
Thickness	91.44M
Length	121.92M
Width	60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

TWO TYPES OF MINERALIZATION 1. GOLD - BEARING QUARTZ VEIN CUTTING SCHIST, 2. GOLD - SILVER - BEARING LIMONITE REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE. IRON - STAIN PEGMATITE DIKES OCCUR IN QUARTZITE AND SCHIST NEAR THE GRANITE.
GEOL.DESC: THE ORE IS A VERY POROUS QUARTZITE WITH BODIES OF FINE QUARTZ CRYSTALS BETWEEN QUARTZITE WALLS.

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

WORKINGS CONSIST OF 6 ADITS, 1 INCLINE & SEVERAL PITS. THE INCLINE IS 180 FT. AT 20 DEG. ONE ADIT IS 1,185 FT W/RAISE AT FACE. THE N. ADIT IS 50 FT. GRANITE CANYON ADIT IS 200 FT.THERE ARE ALSO ADITS THAT ARE 50, 25, & 120 FT. LONG & A 25 FT SHAFT.
OVER 3,840 FT OF WORKINGS.

Comments on development

PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M057558

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BOUTWELL, J. M., 1905 , ECON. GEOL OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: USGS PP 38 , P. 281
Deposit

HUNTLEY, D. B., 1885 , TENTH CENSUS, U.S., VOL 13 , P. 417

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (GOLD BOND 1-10). TWO TYPES OF MINERALIZATION: AU BEARING QTZ. VEINS CUTTING SCHIST; AU-AG BEARING LIMONITE REPLACEMENTS OF LS

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-1978	Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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