Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFissures And Alta Thrust
Materials
Ore mineralsCerussite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone,Dolomite · Ophir;Fitchville
Associated rockLamprophyre
StructureOn North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault, Alta Thrust Zone, Superior Faults
Tectonic settingUinta Arch
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10021037
MRDS IDDC14742
Alternate namesHellgate Mining Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.58883, -111.6494
References
CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, 1943, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF PA. 201, P. 117, PL. 38.JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONEOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH, 98P.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 256.BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL, 1920, P.256.