Bingham Tunnel #2

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Copper
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094830
MRDS ID DC14753
Record type Site
Current site name Bingham Tunnel #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10024, 40.54105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position ONE MILE NORTH OF LARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperton(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 002W 20,19 SW OF NW OF SW (20) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization And Silification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Latite Porphyry And Breccia
    Rock description Latite Porphyry And Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Latite Porphyry And Breccia
    Rock description Latite Porphyry And Breccia

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10024, 40.54105

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HOSTROCKS ARE A SUCCESSION OF FLOWS OF LATITE. THE MAIN HORNBLENDE BIOTITE-LATITE CONTAINS BLOCKS OF HORNBLEND-AUGITE-LATITE. THE COUNTRY ROCK IS INTERSECTED BY SLIP PLANES (NW-SE; DIP NE). VOLCANIC BRECCIA CONSISTS OF SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED LITHIC FRAGMENTS, COMMONLY UP TO 2 INCHES IN LENGTH, SET IN A DENSE MOSTLY APHANITIC LATITE MATRIX.

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

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN AS ACCESS TO LOWER WORKINGS AND DRAINAGE WITH A S48-50W TREND, AND APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES, FOR DALTON-LARK, YOSEMITE, BROOKLYN, LEAD, COMMERCIAL, TELEGRAPH, JORDAN, ETC. BECAME THE MAIN HAULAGE FOR US AND LARK MINES; SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES; INACCESSIBLE; CLOSED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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