Mine detail: Alta Consolidated Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.59827, -111.61967

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Molybdenum
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Plumbojarosite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Diopside, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Tremolite, Wollastonite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1916-1921

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Grizzly Thrust, Silver Fork Fault, Fissures (N 40 - 60 E, Steep N)
Alteration processes:	Metamorphosed Limestones Near The Offshoots From The Alta And Clayton Peak Stocks.

References

MRDS	DC14696
DEP	10108854
Reference	{Deposit:: CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 130.}{Deposit:: USGS MIN. RES. 1916-1920.}{Deposit:: PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 319-321.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965}
Reporter	Unknown, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)