Mine detail: Sunny Side Mine

Previously called 'CongorCongor Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.6455, -111.6719

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Garnet
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900

Geology

Host rock:Humbug;Doughnut
Host type:Sandstone,Limestone
Associated rock:Diorite Porphyry Dikes
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:North Flank Of Big Cottonwood Uplift
Alteration processes:Bleaching And Marbleization

References

MRDSDC14665
DEP10102124
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: U.S. GEOL. SURY. PROF. PAPER 201}{Deposit:: BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.