Location: | Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.62022, -111.55939 |
dep_id: | 10014862 |
mrds_id: | D011926 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc |
Minor mineral: | Gold |
Trace mineral: | Tungsten |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Scheelite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Hematite, Limonite, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR, POD |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Silicification, Iron Staining, Calc-Silicate Development, Oxidation |
conc_proc: | Precipitation From Hydrothermal Solutions In Fissures, Replacement Of Favorable Beds. |
ore_ctrl: | Northeast Striking Fissures, North Striking Dike, Favorable Beds |
Reporter: | Shubat, Michael A. |
hrock_unit: | Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale |
hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone,Limestone |
arock_unit: | Diorite Porphyry Dike |
arock_type: | Diorite |
Structure: | Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline, Northeast Striking Fissures |
tectonic: | Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline |
yr_lst_prd: | 1956 |
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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