Mine detail: Davenport Mine

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.59911, -111.61995
dep_id: 10014882
mrds_id: D011959
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Limonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation
conc_proc: Precipitation From Hydrothermal Solutions, Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Fissures
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Maxfield Limestone;Gardison Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
Structure: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Grizzly Thrust Fault
tectonic: Cordilleran Hingeline, Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Year first produced: 1870
yr_lst_prd: 1873
disc_yr: 1870
discr: Tim Sullivan
References:
  • 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 N. 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. AND SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
  • Production:: CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943
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