St. Louis Tunnel

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088733
MRDS ID M058313
Record type Site
Current site name St. Louis Tunnel
Alternate or previous names R and B North Extension Tunnel, Reed and Benson Extension Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63857, 40.61077 (WGS84)
Elevation 2758
Relative position 6,300 FT S 84 E OF MONTREAL HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 29 NW OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Of The Alta Stock
    Rock description Granodiorite Of The Alta Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret Limestone;Gardison Limestone
    Rock description Deseret Limestone;Gardison Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63857, 40.61077

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Limb Of Uinta Arch, Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Superior Faults And Alta Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SOME SOCKED SILVER, COPPER ORE SHIPPED IN 1905

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL. 114.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

  • Production

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 72

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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