Mine detail: Michigan-Utah Mine

Previously called 'Solitude TunnelButte MineOregon-Black Bess Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.59938, -111.60717

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Manganese
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Anglesite, Argentite, Calamine, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Jamesonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Grizzly Thrust Zone And Another Higher Thrust Zone; Silver Fork Fault; Ne Dikes; Beds Dip At 10 E Above Thrust Zone And 20 - 30 E Below The Thrust Zone; City Rocks Fissure, Grizzly - Lavinia Fissure (N 40 E, Steep N)
Alteration processes:	Dioritic Dikes Are Metamorphosed To Diopside And Reddish Brown Garnet. Contact Alteration Has Occurred Along The Contacts Of Limestone And Intrusives.

References

MRDS	DC14136
DEP	10020856
Reference	{Deposit:: CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 131-133.}{Deposit:: JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 79-81.}{Deposit:: BUTLER,B.S. & LOUGHLIN,G.F., 1916, A RECON. OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK MINING REGION: USGS BULL. 620, P. 187.}{Deposit:: HEYL,A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 47.}{Deposit:: 5) CRITTENDEN,M.D.,JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 35.}{Deposit:: 6) HESS,F.L., 1906, RARE METALS- SOME MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF MAINE, UTAH, & CALIF.: USGS BULL. 340, P. 238.}{Deposit:: 7) USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-23; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1924-49}
Reporter	Unknown, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)