Mine detail: Steamboat Tunnel

Location:	Wasatch County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.573, -111.58078
dep_id:	10014890
mrds_id:	D011975
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite
gangue:	Forsterite, Mica
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Underground
alteration:	Oxidation
conc_proc:	Metasomatic
ore_ctrl:	Contact Zone Between Intrusive And Limestone
Reporter:	Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit:	Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
hrock_type:	Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit:	Clayton Peak Stock;Alta Stock
arock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Year first produced:	1905
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.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