Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10021058 |
| MRDS ID |
DC14773 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Caledonia |
Geographic coordinates
|
Geographic coordinates:
|
-112.14386, 40.54105 (WGS84)
|
| Elevation |
1905 |
| Relative position |
0.5 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
- MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH DUMP
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Lead |
Primary |
| Gold |
Primary |
| Silver |
Primary |
Comments on the commodity information
- NARROW/NEAR BAND OF OXIDIZED ORE PENETRATE SULPHIDE MASS WELL BELOW MAIN OXIDIZED BODY.
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Galena |
Ore |
| Lead |
Ore |
| Pyrite |
Ore |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Metamorphic Rock
> Metasedimentary Rock
> Quartzite |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Pennsylvanian |
|
Geologic structures
| Type of structure |
Local |
| Structure description |
Fissure (N 40 W), Fracture Plane (Ne-Sw) |
Ore body information
| General form |
LENSES, BANDS, PODS |
| Dip |
SW |
| Thickness |
0.61M
|
Comments on the geologic information
- GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN LAYERS IN A BED OF DISINTEGRATED QUARTZITE AND GRAY SANDSTONE.
