Mine detail: Carbonate Mine

Previously called 'Homeward Bound TunnelCarbonate TunnelLittle Giant Tunnel'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.62244, -111.6669
dep_id: 10021007
mrds_id: DC14669
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Aurichalcite, Cuprite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Smithsonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, PIPES, PODS, LENSES
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Shale
hrock_type: Quartzite,Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault, Carbonate Reverse Fault (100 Ft South), Alta Overthrust Zone
tectonic: Uinta Arch
Year first produced: 1872
disc_yr: 1870
References:
  • Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
  • Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1973, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 62-64.
  • Deposit:: CALKING, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH:USGS PP 201, PG. 104-106.
  • Production:: CALKINS, F.C AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, P. 105.
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