Mine detail: Frederick Mine

Previously called 'Hellgate Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.58883, -111.6494

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Ore: Cerussite
Gangue: Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Ophir;Fitchville
Host type:Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:Lamprophyre
Structure:On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault, Alta Thrust Zone, Superior Faults
Tectonic:Uinta Arch

References

MRDSDC14742
DEP10021037
Reference{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.}{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, 1943, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF PA. 201, P. 117, PL. 38.}{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONEOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH, 98P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 256.}{Production:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL, 1920, P.256.}
ReporterTripp, Bryce T.