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Tiewaukee

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Iron, Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020867
MRDS ID DC14186
Record type Site
Current site name Tiewaukee

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14636, 40.54133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Relative position 0.5 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 MAY BE STILL INTACT, BUT IT CAN BE DUG UP BY THE OPEN PIT. INCLUDES IN 1885 THE TILDEN, GEORGE, ELY, SURPRISE, AND LORENZO CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Secondary
Iron Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Ore Near Surface

Analytical data

Result 1880 : ASSAY OF 95 OZ AG, 40 % PB, AND $12 AU. 1905 : ASSAY 60 OZ AG, 40 - 50 % PB FROM NO. 2 LODE
Result 102 OZ AG, 22 % PB, 12 % ZN FROM A WINZE
Result $17 AU, 33 % FE FROM MIDDLE TUNNEL.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14636, 40.54133
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Planes (N 30 - 42 E, 20 - 70 Nw)

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR SHOOTS, SINOUS PIPES
    Strike N 28 E
    Dip 38 NW
    Thickness 12.19M
    Width 4.57M
    Length 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE WALLS OF THE ORE BODIES ARE EITHER NORMAL QUARTZITE, CRUSHED QUARTZITE, OR BLACK SHALE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1924

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the production information

  • 360 TONS EXTRACTED IN 1880

Comments on the workings information

  • A 210 FT ADIT WITH DRIFTS, WINZES, STOPES, AND AN INCLINE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS DC14186

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 305

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1924, PT. 1, P. 496.

  • Deposit

    HUNTLEY, D.B., 1885 , MINING INDUSTRIES OF UTAH: TENTH CENSUS, U.S., V. 13 , P. 411

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey