Highland Boy Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104191
MRDS ID RE00156
Record type Site
Current site name Highland Boy Mine
Alternate or previous names Utah Consolidated Mining Company, Bingham-New Haven Copper & Gold Mining Company, Bingham Central Mining and Milling Company, Highland Boy Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17302, 40.51272 (WGS84)

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
003S 003W 34 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION REPRESENTS THE CENTER OF THE HIGHLAND BOY CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17302, 40.51272

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1988 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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