Barneys Canyon Gold Deposit

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099347
MRDS ID RE00154
Record type Site
Current site name Barneys Canyon Gold Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11163, 40.59327 (WGS84)

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
003S 002W 06 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result GEOCHEMICALLY SIMILAR TO THE MERCUR DEPOSIT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Park City Limestone;
    Rock description Park City Limestone;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Older alluvial deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1989

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner B. P Minerals America

Comments on development

  • PERMITTING IS STILL IN PROGRESS AS OF 6-4-88

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY DATA BASE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS ALL IN THE OXIDE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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