Mine detail: Big and Little Cottonwood Districts

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Location

Lat / long:

40.54994, -111.56748

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Cobalt
Secondary:	Gold, Zinc
Discovery year:	1864

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	FISSURE, CONTACT, BEDDED REPLACEMENT
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Structure:	LITTLE COTTONWOOD, ALTA-CLAYTON PEAK STOCKS SHEARING AND CRUSHING, THRUST FAULTS, NS FAULTS, UINTA AXIS (E-W) WASATCH AXIS (N-S) INTERSECTION
Alteration processes:	CONTACT

References

MRDS	W002881
DEP	60001640
Reference	{Deposit:: CALKINS F. C. AND BUTLER, B. S. 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, 152P.}{Deposit:: MARSELL, R. E., ED, 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL WASATCH MTS, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO 8 71P.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, MH, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES, USGS PROF. PAPER 610, 283P.}