Location: | Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.59966, -111.60884 |
dep_id: | 10014873 |
mrds_id: | D011944 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Lead |
Minor mineral: | Copper, Manganese |
Trace mineral: | Molybdenum, Gold, Zinc |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Anglesite, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Wad, Wulfenite |
gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Bleaching, Calc-Silicates, Minor Silicification, Oxidation |
conc_proc: | Precipitation From Fluids In A Fissure, Replacement Of Favorable Beds Adjacent To Fissure |
ore_ctrl: | Fissures Striking Northeast, Intersection Of Favorable Beds With Fissures |
Reporter: | Shubat, Michael A. |
hrock_unit: | Maxfield Limestone;Fitchville Formation |
hrock_type: | Limestone,Dolomite |
arock_unit: | Alta Stock;Diorite And Granodiorite Dikes |
arock_type: | Diorite |
Structure: | Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hinge Line, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Grizzly Thrust Fault, Northeast Striking Fissure |
tectonic: | Cordilleran Hinge Line, Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone |
Year first produced: | 1870 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1880 |
disc_yr: | 1869 |
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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