| Deposit ID | 10021001 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14661 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Newman and Afton Groups Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Big Cottonwood Monarch, Sunken City |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.67662, 40.64244 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2140 |
| Relative position | 6600 FT. N 20 W OF KESSLER PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Aire(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 | 002E | 13 | NW OF NE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Nickel Critical | Secondary |
| Cobalt Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Idocrase | Gangue |
| Phlogopite | Gangue |
| Serpentine | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAY 1.89% N: |
|---|---|
| Result | 1.35% CO |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Diorite Porphyry Dikes | ||||||
| Rock description | Diorite Porphyry Dikes | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone |
| Rock description | Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone |
| (1) | Tintic Quartzite |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | North Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.08M |
| Length | 76.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Year of first production | 1870 |
| District name | Big Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. L. Newman And A. Allesini |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 1066.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14661 |
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LANE 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-379
BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111
JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 55
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BEDDING DIPS 55 DEGREES NE, SEVERAL FISSURES AND BEDDING SURFACES ARE MINERALIZED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1982 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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