Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlDikes, Fissures And Bedding Planes
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Silver
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Weber Quartzite
Associated rockDiorite · Diorite Dike
StructureN. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift
Tectonic settingShelf
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10020922
MRDS IDDC14276
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.64744, -111.66496
References
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURV. BULL. 114.CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT AIRE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-379.CALKINS, F.C. AND B.S. BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOL. SURY. PROF. PAPER 201BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 55