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Neptune

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold
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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 10102113
MRDS ID DC14270
Record type Site
Current site name Neptune
Alternate or previous names Old Neptune, Kempton

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15802, 40.50688 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position SOUTH EDGE OF THE OPEN PIT

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 004S 003W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES THE OLD NEPTUNE AND KEMPTON PROPERTIES. THE PROPERTIES ARE NOW UNDER THE WASTE DUMPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1905 : 45 % PB, 16 OZ AG, $.80 AU, AND 25 - 35 % ZN PER TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15802, 40.50688
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rock (S 70 - 85 W, 40 - 45 N) Fracture Zone (Ne, 30 - 40 ; Nw, 30 - 40 ; E-W).

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

  • THREE SHORT ADITS WITH DRIFTS.

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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