Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlContact Between Intrusive Diorite Sills And Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Doughnut
Associated rockDiorite · Diorite Sills
StructureNorth Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift
Tectonic settingShelf
AlterationBleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1932
Identification
Deposit ID10021002
MRDS IDDC14662
Alternate namesBachelor Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.64577, -111.66607
References
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSISTS, AND HISTROY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT SALT ALKE 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. BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: US. GEOL. SURY PROF. PAPER 201BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 55-56