Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFavorable Beds Of Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Silver, Smithsonite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Maxfied Limestone;Ophir
Associated rockDiorite · Diorite Dikes
StructureN. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift
Tectonic settingShelf
AlterationBleaching And Recrystallization Of Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1871
Identification
Deposit ID10021003
MRDS IDDC14663
Alternate namesColonial Tunnel
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.64161, -111.67968
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-379CALKINS, 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 111CALKINS AND BULLER, 1943, P. 104;