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Frisco

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102105
MRDS ID DC14219
Record type Site
Current site name Frisco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17608, 40.50994 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
Relative position 1.75 MI SW 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 003W 33,34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CONSOLIDATED IN 1902 WITH ZELNORA AND MORNING STAR AS THE NEW HAVEN COPPER AND GOLD CO. THE MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17608, 40.50994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Dips N - Nw

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE TUNNEL EXPOSES PORPHYRY FOR 400 FT, THEN CROSSES SEVERAL FISSURES TO LIMESTONE.

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

  • A 700 FT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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