| Deposit ID | 10020856 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14136 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Michigan-Utah Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Solitude Tunnel, Butte Mine, Oregon-Black Bess Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.60717, 40.59938 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2865 |
| Relative position | 1.5 MILES E - SE OF BRIGHTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jordan(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 003E | 33 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Calamine | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Jamesonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Result | 1919 : AVG. $.52 AU, 16.5 OZ AG, 9.12 % PB, 1.2 % CU PER TON. MANGANESE ORE AVERAGE 38.5 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| (1) | -111.60717, 40.59938 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Grizzly Thrust Zone And Another Higher Thrust Zone; Silver Fork Fault; Ne Dikes; Beds Dip At 10 E Above Thrust Zone And 20 - 30 E Below The Thrust Zone; City Rocks Fissure, Grizzly - Lavinia Fissure (N 40 E, Steep N) |
| Length | 36.58M |
|---|---|
| Width | 0.91M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 91.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Little Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 19812M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14136 |
JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 79-81.
BUTLER,B.S. & LOUGHLIN,G.F., 1916, A RECON. OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK MINING REGION: USGS BULL. 620, P. 187.
HEYL,A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 47.
5) CRITTENDEN,M.D.,JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 35.
6) HESS,F.L., 1906, RARE METALS- SOME MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF MAINE, UTAH, & CALIF.: USGS BULL. 340, P. 238.
7) USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-23; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1924-49
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG THE INTERSECTION OF FISSURES WITH CERTAIN LIMESTONE BEDS. IN THE BUTTE PORTION OF THE MINE, ORE OCCURS AS 8-10 LENTICULAR BODIES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1978 | Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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