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Story Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098079
MRDS ID DC14241
Record type Site
Current site name Story Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14941, 40.51077 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Relative position 0.75 MILE SOUTH 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;004S 003W;003W 35;02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS UNDER THE DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result ZN ASSAYS AS HIGH AS 18.5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14941, 40.51077
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Planes (N 60 W, 45 Sw)

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BODIES

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: UNMINERALIZED LIMESTONE IS WHITE, GRANULAR, AND SILICEOUS.

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

  • AN ADIT WITH DRIFTS, INCLINES, AND STOPES TOTALING 400 FT OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PA 38 P. 241

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE BODIES ARE ADJACENT TO NE-SW FISSURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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