The Clays Rim is a gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,751 Feet (1,753 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.55222, -112.13528
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Clays Rim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clays Rim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGHEST VALUE OF $18.20 A CUBIC YARD, LARGEST NUGGET FOUND IN AREA WAS 7 OZ AND 15 PENNYWEIGHTS.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFTS, LATERAL STOPS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: A SERIES OF THREE SIDE CHANNELS 30 , 50 , AND 65 FT BELOW THE SURFACE AVERAGING 60 , 20 , AND 30 FT WIDE RESPECTIVELY.
Comment (Location): MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMP OF THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.
Comment (Production): TOTAL OUTPUT WAS ABOUT $138,000
Comment (Deposit): BULK OF ORE WAS TAKEN FROM THE TOP CHANNEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP 38 P. 357
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