Mine detail: Cardiff Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60827, -111.6544

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Enargite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Dolomite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Tintic Quartzite;Deseret Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Granodiorite To Granite Dikes
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault, East And West Superior Faults, Alta Overthrust, Cardiff Fissure
Tectonic:	Uinta Arch

References

MRDS	DC14132
DEP	10020853
Reference	{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.}{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, P. 109-111.}{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 65-68.}{Production:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 66.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.