Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Lead
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNortheast And Northwest Striking Fissure/Faults, Proximity To The Alta Stock
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite
GangueWollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Round Valley Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Alta Stock-Porphyritic Phase
StructureUinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline, Northeast And Northwest Striking Faults And Fissures
Tectonic settingCordilleran Hingeline, Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
AlterationBleaching And Argillization Noted Adjacent To Faults And Fissures, Calc-Silicate Skarns Next To Intrusive
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10014859
MRDS IDD011919
Alternate namesGiles Mining and Milling Company, Giles Mining Company, Giles Group, Cottonwood King, Silver King Mines Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.62105, -111.59134
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.G.S. GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534