Mine detail: Cottonwood Metals Prospect

Previously called 'Watrous Prospect'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.6405, -111.63635
dep_id: 10021009
mrds_id: DC14674
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Ophir;Deseret Limestone
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Dolomite
Structure: N. Flank Of Big Cottonwood Uplift, Silver Fork Fault
tectonic: Shelf
References:
  • Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURV. BULL. 114.
  • Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR, 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT AIRE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-379
  • Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C., AND B.S. BUILER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN TORIC AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 201
  • Deposit:: BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111
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