The Bingham Tunnel #2 is a lead and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.54111, -112.09944
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Bingham Tunnel #2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bingham Tunnel #2
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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 And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization And Silification
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Actinolite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL DRIVEN AS ACCESS TO LOWER WORKINGS AND DRAINAGE WITH A S48-50W TREND, AND APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES, FOR DALTON-LARK, YOSEMITE, BROOKLYN, LEAD, COMMERCIAL, TELEGRAPH, JORDAN, ETC. BECAME THE MAIN HAULAGE FOR US AND LARK MINES; SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES; INACCESSIBLE; CLOSED.
Comment (Geology): THE HOSTROCKS ARE A SUCCESSION OF FLOWS OF LATITE. THE MAIN HORNBLENDE BIOTITE-LATITE CONTAINS BLOCKS OF HORNBLEND-AUGITE-LATITE. THE COUNTRY ROCK IS INTERSECTED BY SLIP PLANES (NW-SE; DIP NE). VOLCANIC BRECCIA CONSISTS OF SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED LITHIC FRAGMENTS, COMMONLY UP TO 2 INCHES IN LENGTH, SET IN A DENSE MOSTLY APHANITIC LATITE MATRIX.
References
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.
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
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