Mine detail: Columbus Consolidated Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.58966, -111.63939

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Gold
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1902

Geology

Host rock:	Tintic Quartzite,;Deseret Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone,Dolomite,Till
Associated rock:	Grizzly Dike
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault, Alta Overthrust Fault, Snow And Howland Fault, Brain And Garfield Fissures
Tectonic:	Uinta Arch

References

MRDS	DC14737
DEP	10021035
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, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PP 201, P. 118-120.}{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTON MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.}{Production:: CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, P. 119.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.