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### Economic geology of the Bingham mining district, Utah, with 
a section on areal geology, and an introduction on general geology

#### Professional Paper 38

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#### Abstract

The field work of which this report represents the final results was first 
undertaken in the summer of the year 1900. This district had long been selected 
by the writer as worthy of special economic investigation, as well on account of 
the importance of its products as because of its geological structure and the 
peculiar relations of its ore deposits. It was not, however, until the summer 
mentioned above that the means at the disposal of the Survey, both pecuniary and 
scientific, justified its undertaking. As originally planned, the areal or 
surface geology was to have been worked out by Mr. Keith, who had already spent 
many years in unraveling the complicated geological structure of the Appalachian 
province, while Mr. Boutwell, who had more recently become attached to the 
Survey, was to have charge of the underground geology, or a study of the ore 
deposits, under the immediate supervision of the writer. When the time came for 
actually taking the field, it was found that the pressure of other work would 
not permit Mr. Keith to carry out fully the part allotted to him, and in 
consequence a part of his field work has fallen to Mr. Boutwell. Field work was 
commenced by the writer and Mr. Boutwell early in July, 1900. Mr. Keith joined 
the party on August 10, but was obliged to leave for other duties early in 
September. Mr. Boutwell carried on his field work continuously from July until 
December, taking up underground work after the snowfall had rendered work on the 
surface geology impracticable. The geological structure had proved to be 
unexpectedly intricate and complicated, so that, on the opening of the field 
season of 1901, it was found necessary to make further study in the light of 
results already worked out, and Mr. Boutwell spent some weeks in the district in 
the early summer of 1901. His field work that year, partly in California and 
partly in Arizona, as assistant to Mr. Waldemar Lindgren, lasted through the 
summer and winter and well into the spring of 1902, so that but little time , 
was left before he was obliged to take the field again in his study of the Park 
City district of Utah. Mr. Keith had been too closely occupied with his 
Appalachian work to complete his part,' and thus the publication of this report 
has been unusually delayed. While the delay is a cause for regret, this regret 
is much tempered by the consideration that had the report been published earlier 
many facts brought to light during the vigorous development of the region in 
late years, which have an important bearing upon the structure and genesis of 
the ore deposits, could not have been used in its 
preparation.

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