Utah · Salt Lake County
Past Producer

Mountain Lake Mine

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
CopperTungstenMolybdenumGoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Scheelite
GangueActinolite, Brucite, Chlorite, Epidote, Forsterite, Phlogopite, Serpentine, Talc, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockDiorite
StructureGrizzly Overthrust
AlterationIntense Contact Metamorphism Along Contact Of Granodiorite And Madison Ls.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1907
Identification
Deposit ID10021034
MRDS IDDC14733
Alternate namesJack
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.58244, -111.58495
References
CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 113-114.EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIR. C8014 , P. 22CRAWFORD,A.L. & BURANEK,A.M., 1944, TUNGSTEN RESERVES DISCOVERED IN THE COTTONWOOD & AMERICAN FORK MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH ENGN. EXP. STATION, BULL. 24, P. 19-27.JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 87-88.