Mine detail: Cardiff Mine

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.60827, -111.6544
dep_id: 10020853
mrds_id: DC14132
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Enargite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Dolomite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Intersection Of Alta Thrust With Cardiff And Other Fissures; Fissure In Quartzite
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Tintic Quartzite;Deseret Limestone
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
arock_unit: Granodiorite To Granite Dikes
arock_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
disc_yr: 1885
discr: T. B. Jones
References:
  • 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.
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