Mine detail: South Hecla Mine

Previously called 'Alta United Mines Co.Dwyer TunnelAlta-Quincy Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.58716, -111.63634

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Gold
Tertiary:	Antimony, Tungsten
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Plumbojarosite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Deseret Limestone;Maxfield Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	On North Limb Of Uinta Arch., East Of The Wasatch Fault, Alta Thrust Zone, Howland Fault, Wedge And Kale Hayes Fissures
Tectonic:	Uinta Arch

References

MRDS	M057562
DEP	10041787
Reference	{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, P. 125-127.}{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.}{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.}{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM IC-8014, P. 22.}{Production:: CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, P. 125.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.