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Winamuck Mine 1867

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020868
MRDS ID DC14187
Record type Site
Current site name Winamuck Mine 1867

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1458, 40.543 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 0.75 MI 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

  • INCLUDES NO. 112 , WINDLASS BUSHNELL, DAVIS, MOUNTAIN MAID, AND SAVAGE TUNNELS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1872 : 34.98 % PB, 51.46 OZ AG. THREE ASSAYS FROM PIPES AVERAGE 5.9 % PB, 131.6 OZ AG, $.90 AU, 4.6 % CU, 13.9 % ZN.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1458, 40.543
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture (N 40 - 60 W, 45 - 70 Ne), Fault Planes (N 6 - 10 W, 80 Ne)

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike S 40 - 60 E
    Dip 45 NE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Width 60.96M
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE FOOTWALL OF THE ORE IS NORMAL QUARTZITE, THE HANGING WALL IS A MASSIVE GRAY-BLACK DRY FINE GRAINED SILICEOUS ROCK.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years LATE 1800'S, AND 1920, AND 1927

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL OUTPUT TO 1880 WAS $1,500,000

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF ADITS AND A 400 FT INCLINE

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS DC14187

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 300

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1920, PT. 1, P. 303.

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1927, PT. 1, P. 665.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG CONTACT ZONE

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