Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Iron
SecondarySilver, Lead, Gold
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlContact Zone Between Intrusive And Sediments
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueActinolite, Chlorite, Epidote, Forsterite, Garnet, Phlogopite, Serpentine, Talc, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Clayton Peak Stock;Alta 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 statusPast Producer
First production1907
Last production1908
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10014866
MRDS IDD011934
Alternate namesMountain Lake Group, Great Western Mines, Great Western Adit, Great Western Tunnel
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.58355, -111.5855
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.CRAWFORD, A.L., AND BURANEK, A.M., 1957, TUNGSTEN RESERVES DISCOVERED IN THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY REPRINT NO. 55.JAMES, L.P., 1979