Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Iron
SecondarySilver, Lead, Gold
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlMetasomatic Transport And Deposition
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueActinolite, Brucite, Chlorite, Epidote, Forsterite, Garnet, Phlogopite, Serpentine, Talc, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Clayton Peak Stock
StructureUinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline, Grizzly Thrust Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
AlterationCalc-Silicate Zone Of Skarn Environment, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10014865
MRDS IDD011933
Alternate namesMountain Lake Group, Great Western Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.58272, -111.58272
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-534