Mine detail: Annie Tunnel

Previously called 'Alta Tunnel and Transportation CompanyPrince of Wales GroupAntelope Group'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.60772, -111.61189
dep_id: 10014856
mrds_id: D011914
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Galena, Gold, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Minor Bleaching And Silicification, Oxidation
conc_proc: Precipitation From Hydrothermal Solutions, Precipitation During Replacement Reactions
ore_ctrl: Northeast Striking Fissure
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Fitchville Formation;Deseret Limestone
hrock_type: Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure: Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Grizzly Thrust And Associated Thrusts, Reverse And Normal Faults
tectonic: Rasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline
yr_lst_prd: 1935
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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