Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryLead, Silver, Nickel, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBedding Planes, Diorite Porphyry
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueDiopside, Garnet, Idocrase, Phlogopite, Serpentine
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Diorite Porphyry Dikes
StructureFaults, North Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift
Tectonic settingShelf
AlterationBleaching Of Limestone; Marblerzation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10021001
MRDS IDDC14661
Alternate namesBig Cottonwood Monarch, Sunken City
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.64244, -111.67662
References
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LANE 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-379CALKINS, F.C. AND B.S. BUNER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: US. GEOL. SUBY. PROF. PAPER 201BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 55