Location: | Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.60383, -111.60189 |
dep_id: | 10014871 |
mrds_id: | D011942 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Lead |
Minor mineral: | Copper, Gold, Manganese, Zinc |
Trace mineral: | Molybdenum |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Anglesite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wad |
gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Bleaching, Calc-Silicates, Minor Silicification, Oxidation |
conc_proc: | Precipitation From Hydrothermal Solutions In Fissures And Replacement Of Limestone Beds |
ore_ctrl: | Fissures Striking Northeast, Intersection Of Fissures And Favorable Beds, Proximity To Dikes |
Reporter: | Shubat, Michael A. |
hrock_unit: | Gardison Limestone;Maxfield Limestone |
hrock_type: | Limestone,Dolomite |
arock_unit: | Alta Stock;Diorite Dikes And Alaskite Dikes |
arock_type: | Diorite |
Structure: | Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hinge Line, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Grizzly Thrust Fault, Northeast Striking Fissures |
tectonic: | Cordilleran Hinge Line, Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone |
Year first produced: | 1909 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1928 |
disc_yr: | 1925 |
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.P., 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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