Utah · Salt Lake County
Past Producer

Sunny Side Mine

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Zinc
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueGarnet
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone · Humbug;Doughnut
Associated rockDiorite · Diorite Porphyry Dikes
StructureNorth Flank Of Big Cottonwood Uplift
AlterationBleaching And Marbleization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Identification
Deposit ID10102124
MRDS IDDC14665
Alternate namesCongor, Congor Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.6455, -111.6719
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 111