Harkers Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087688
MRDS ID D008614
Record type Site
Current site name Harkers Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16691, 40.60577 (WGS84)
Elevation 2585
Relative position .75 MILE S 23 S OF CRYSTAL SPRING

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 002S 003W 34 NW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basity And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault, Fissures, Fractures And Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 50 SE
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 50 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS OF QUARTZ AND IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES IN HIGHLY ALTERED WALLROCKS.

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL, CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE; MANY SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER 184 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLGOY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145 P.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO NORTH OQUIRRH THRUST. HOST ROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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