Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryGold, Zinc, Copper, Manganese
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Argentite, Calamine, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Jamesonite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockDiorite
StructureGrizzly Thrust Zone And Another Higher Thrust Zone; Silver Fork Fault; Ne Dikes; Beds Dip At 10 E Above Thrust Zone And 20 - 30 E Below The Thrust Zone; City Rocks Fissure, Grizzly - Lavinia Fissure (N 40 E, Steep N)
AlterationDioritic Dikes Are Metamorphosed To Diopside And Reddish Brown Garnet. Contact Alteration Has Occurred Along The Contacts Of Limestone And Intrusives.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10020856
MRDS IDDC14136
Alternate namesSolitude Tunnel, Butte Mine, Oregon-Black Bess Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.59938, -111.60717
References
CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 131-133.JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 79-81.BUTLER,B.S. & LOUGHLIN,G.F., 1916, A RECON. OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK MINING REGION: USGS BULL. 620, P. 187.HEYL,A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 47.5) CRITTENDEN,M.D.,JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 35.6) HESS,F.L., 1906, RARE METALS- SOME MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF MAINE, UTAH, & CALIF.: USGS BULL. 340, P. 238.7) USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-23; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1924-49