Mine detail: Alta Consolidated Mine

Previously called 'Brooklyn AditSilver King TunnelCopper Prince TunnelAlta Consolidated Mining Company'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.59633, -111.62134

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Iron
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PIPE
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1919

Geology

Host rock:	Maxfield Limestone;Gardison Limestone
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Alta Stock;Alaskite And Diorite, Dikes
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Uplift, Cordilleran Hingline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Grizzly Thrust Fault Several Northeast Striking Fissures
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorada Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
Alteration processes:	Bleaching, Minor Silicification, Contact Metamorphism, Oxidation

References

MRDS	D011946
DEP	10014874
Reference	{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, 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.