Mine detail: Kentucky-Utah Group

Previously called 'Woodlawn MineBig Cottonwood Coalition GroupCopper KingNew SensationGardner AditMannahansett'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.60688, -111.60939
dep_id: 10014850
mrds_id: D011907
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Zinc
Trace mineral: Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Tactite Along Intrusive Contacts, Minor Silicification And Bleaching Along Veins, Oxidation
conc_proc: Precipitation From Hydrothermal Solutions Presumably Derived From Intrusives
ore_ctrl: Northeast Trending Fissures, Proximity To Dikes And Stock, Breccia Zones
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Deseret Limestone;Gardison Limestone
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit: Clayton Peak Stock;Intermediate Dikes
arock_type: Diorite,Lamprophyre
Structure: Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Numerous Northeast Striking Shear Zones And Normal Faults, Grizzly Thrust
tectonic: Cordilleran Hingeline, Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Year first produced: 1904
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
  • Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
  • Deposit:: BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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