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Ohio Copper Co.

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102100
MRDS ID DC14140
Record type Site
Current site name Ohio Copper Co.
Alternate or previous names Columbia, Erie

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -112.12911, 40.52977 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

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 003W 25,26 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE VALUE IN 1909 : 1.606 % CU, 0.005 OZ AU, 0.05 OZ AG.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -112.12911, 40.52977
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shattered Quartzite

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 45 N
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1923
    Total resources 17233000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.3 wt-pct Copper Major 1923

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1918 - 1950

  • Deposit

    MAC FARLANE, J., 1909 , THE OHIO COPPER CO., BINGHAM, UTAH: MIN. WORLD, V. 30 , P. 345 - 348

  • Deposit

    WORMSER, F.E., 1923 , LEACHING A COPPER MINE: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. PRESS, V. 116 , NO. 16 , P. 665 - 670

  • Deposit

    WORMSER, F.E., 1924 , PROGRESS IN LEACHING THE OHIO COPPER MINE: ENG AND MIN. JOUR PRESS VOL. 118 , NO. 4 , P. 124 - 127 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-78 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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