The Bingham Mines Co? Adits is a mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,276 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,276 Feet (1,913 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.995, -112.11833
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Bingham Mines Co? Adits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bingham Mines Co? Adits
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: North Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER JASPEROID
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE OF SHEAR SHOWS NIL AU BY TRACE METHOD, 170 PPM AS
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): NORTH SIDE OF RATTLESNAKE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): CAT WORK AND ADIT WORK APPEARS TO BE 1950S VINTAGE
Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL CUTS
Comment (Geology): STAINING FOLLOWED BY PROSPECTOR MAY BE JUST WEATHERING OF QUARTZITE
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
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