Utah · Salt Lake County
Past Producer

Big Mitt and Blue Point Mine

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
GoldCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formOTHER UNKNOWN
Ore controlContact Between Porphyritic Quartz Monzonite And Metamorphosed Shale
Materials
GanguePlagioclase, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale · Big Cottonwood
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
StructureWasatch Fault Zone
Tectonic settingUinta Arch
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1904
Identification
Deposit ID10088724
MRDS IDM058288
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.60577, -111.78912
References
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 114, P. 49, TABLE 5.CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH = USGS MAP GQ-377.JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 49.