Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNortheast Striking Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Galena
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Maxfield Limestone;Fitchville Formation
StructureCordilleran Hinge Line, Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Northeast Striking Fissures And Normal Faults, Grizzly Thrust Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust
AlterationMinor Bleaching And Silicification, Secondary Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Last production1887
Discovery year1867
Identification
Deposit ID10101912
MRDS IDD011915
Alternate namesTeresa Claim, Richmond Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.60105, -111.61884
References
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534BUTLER, B.S., 1920