Description
Walker Brothers
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNortheast Striking Fissure System
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Galena, Gold, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite · Deseret Limestone;Gardison Limestone
Associated rockLamprophyre · Lampophyre Dikes
StructureVinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline, Northeast Striking Fissure
Tectonic settingBasin And Range - Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
AlterationBleaching Is Prominent Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Last production1937
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10014855
MRDS IDD011911
Alternate namesWellington Tunnel, Boston Tunnel, Antelope Tunnel, Alta Tunnel and Transportation Co., Highland Chief
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.60438, -111.62717
References
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534JAMES, L.P., 1979, CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943