Mine detail: Alta Tunnel

Previously called 'Bodfish TunnelAlta Tunnel and Transportation Co.Prince of Wales GroupLucky Dutchman Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.61188, -111.61967

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1925
Last production ended:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Intermediate Dikes
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hinge Line, Northeast Striking Fissures, Normal Faults, And Thrust Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range - Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hinge Line, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	D011910
DEP	10014853
Reference	{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}{Production:: CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S. 1943}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.