Susquehanna Tunnel

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094825
MRDS ID DC14204
Record type Site
Current site name Susquehanna Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17441, 40.52688 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 5,520 FT N40E OF CLIPPER PEAK

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)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 27 SW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lower Bingham Mine
    Rock description Lower Bingham Mine

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17441, 40.52688

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Fractures, And Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 20NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCKS ARE COMPOSED OF CRUSHED QUARTZITES AND DARK GRAY SILICEOUS LIMESTONES, ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH CRYPTOERYSTALLINE SILICA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO 300 FT. TUNNELS; CAVED; INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES VERY CLOSE TO THE ZONE OF CROSS-FAULTING. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES LYING IN ALTERED WALLROCKS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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