Mine detail: Big Mitt and Blue Point Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60577, -111.78912

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Gangue:	Plagioclase, Quartz
Orebody form:	OTHER UNKNOWN
Discovery year:	1904

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Big Cottonwood
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale
Associated rock:	Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Wasatch Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Uinta Arch

References

MRDS	M058288
DEP	10088724
Reference	{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 114, P. 49, TABLE 5.}{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH = USGS MAP GQ-377.}{Production:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 49.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.