Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Gold
SecondaryCopper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlLargest Ore Body: Intersections Of Wellington Fissure With Limestone Unit In Ophir Shale
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Bournonite, Cerussite, Galena, Gold, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Limestone · Tintic Quartzite;Maxfield Limestone
StructureOn North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault, The Silver Fork Fault Lies To The East Of The Workings; Wellington Fissure
Tectonic settingUinta Arch
AlterationSome Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1873
Last production1918
Identification
Deposit ID10102129
MRDS IDDC14734
Alternate namesAlta United Mines, South Hecla Mining Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.57327, -111.62745
References
CALKINS, F.C AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THECOTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH USGS PP 201, PG. 129-130, PL 1BUTLER, B.S. ET AL, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS PP 111, PG. 276JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.CALKINS, F.C. & BUTLER, B.S., 1943, P. 129.