Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlMargin Of Clayton Peak Stock
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Clayton Peak Stock
StructureVinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hinge Line, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hinge Line
AlterationCalc-Silicates
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Last production1918
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10014870
MRDS IDD011939
Alternate namesLower Evergreen Drainage and Transportation Tunnel, Old Evergreen Mining and Tunneling Company
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.60883, -111.58772
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