Mine detail: Big Cottonwood Bonanza Group Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

40.63911, -111.63968

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Gold
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Silver
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Round Valley Limestone;Doughnut
Host type:	Quartzite,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	N. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift
Tectonic:	Shelf

References

MRDS	M058409
DEP	10095612
Reference	{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. BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: US. GEOL. SURY. PROF. PAPER 201}{Deposit:: BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYPROF. PAPER III}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.