Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10020866 |
| MRDS ID |
DC14185 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
St. Louis Workings |
| Alternate or previous names |
White Channel |
Geographic coordinates
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Geographic coordinates:
|
-112.14024, 40.54716 (WGS84)
|
| Elevation |
1875 |
| Relative position |
ONE MILE NE OF BINGHAM CANYON |
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Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
Utah |
Salt Lake |
Public Land Survey System information
| Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
| Salt Lake |
003S |
003W |
23 |
|
Utah |
Comments on the location information
- MINE IS COMPLETELY EXCAVATED BY OPEN PIT.
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Gold |
Primary |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Unconsolidated Deposit
> Gravel |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Holocene |
|
Ore body information
| Thickness |
18.29M
|
| Width |
10.67M
|
| Length |
22.86M
|
Comments on the geologic information
- GEOL.DESC: GRAVELS INCLUDE LARGE WELL-ROUNDED BOULDERS OF QUARTZITE, QUARTZITE BRECCIA, PORPHYRY, AND CHERTY LIME. A CROSS SECTION OF THE DEPOSIT SHOWS 8 FT OF RED PEBBLY SOIL; 25 FT OF COARSE ANGULAR BEDDED QUARTZITE FRAGMENTS 2 - 4 IN DIAM; 25 FT OF 1 - 7 FT DIAM BOULDERS OF PORPHYRY, QUARTZITE, AND QUARTZITE BRECCIA; AND A DENSELY COMPACTED BUFF FERRUGINOUS BASAL.
