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Old Channel

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021064
MRDS ID DC14781
Record type Site
Current site name Old Channel
Alternate or previous names Clays Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14941, 40.54022 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 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

  • PART OF THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14941, 40.54022
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Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ORE BEARING CHANNEL LIES 10 TO 20 FT BELOW THE PRESENT CREEK LEVEL.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the production information

  • $175,000

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS DC14781

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38, P. 356-358.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-01-1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES CLAY'S RIM AND CLAY'S BENCH

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