The Susquehanna Tunnel is a lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.52694, -112.17361
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Susquehanna Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Susquehanna Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, And Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES VERY CLOSE TO THE ZONE OF CROSS-FAULTING. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES LYING IN ALTERED WALLROCKS.
Comment (Workings): TWO 300 FT. TUNNELS; CAVED; INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCKS ARE COMPOSED OF CRUSHED QUARTZITES AND DARK GRAY SILICEOUS LIMESTONES, ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH CRYPTOERYSTALLINE SILICA.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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