Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formCHIMNEY-LIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wad
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone
Associated rockLamprophyre
StructureGrizzly Overthrust And Two Other Obscure Overthrust Above And Below The Grizzly. Fissure (Ne, 60 - 65 N).
AlterationSome Metamorphism
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10108837
MRDS IDDC14137
Alternate namesAlta Tunnel & Transportation Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.60438, -111.61634
References
BUTLER,B.S. & LOUGHLIN,G.F., 1916, A RECON. OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK MINING REGION: USGS BULL. 620, P. 191.CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 114-115.JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 76-79.USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-23; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1924-39JAMES, 1979, P. 81