The Brooklyn is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,749 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: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.51389, -112.12861
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Brooklyn MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brooklyn
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
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: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR SHOOTS OR PENCILS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To A Depth Of 1200 Ft.
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SECOND CLASS, 20 % PB, 4.5 OZ/TON AG. GENERAL AVERAGE VALUES: 39.23 % PB, 9.33 OZ/TON AG, 0.057 OZ/TON AU.
Analytical Data: 1884 : FIRST CLASS ORE - 50 % PB, 9 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE ORE BODY IS IN A LIMESTONE BETWEEN QUARTZITE WALLS.
Comment (Deposit): PART OF DALTON-LARK PROPERTY
Comment (Location): CONSOLIDATED IN 1901 WITH THE BINGHAM COPPER AND GOLD MINING CO. UNDER THE NAME OF BINGHAM CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. THE MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES LIE ON THE PLANE OF THE QUARTZITE FOOT WALL.
Comment (Workings): A 1,450 FT INCLINE WITH 15 LEVELS, THE LONGEST BEING 2,000 FT CONNECTING WITH THE OLD REVERE WORKINGS. LOWER LEVELS CONTAIN RAISES AND IS OPEN BY TUNNEL TO GULCH.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 320
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN. RES. 1916, 1918.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 213, 1902, P. 108.
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