Newman and Afton Groups Mines

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Nickel, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -111.67662, 40.64244 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Relative position 6600 FT. N 20 W OF KESSLER PEAK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 002E 13 NW OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO MAGNOLIA (?) INCLINED SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Idocrase Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching Of Limestone; Marblerzation

Analytical data

Result ASSAY 1.89% N:
Result 1.35% CO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyry Dikes
    Rock description Diorite Porphyry Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults
Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.08M
    Length 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes, Diorite Porphyry

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. L. Newman And A. Allesini

Comments on the production information

  • SOME OXIDE ORE SHIPED IN 1870'S, ONE OR TWO SMALL SHIPMENTS OF ZN-RICH ORE WERE MADE FROM THE AFLON PROPERTY IN THE 1920S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1066.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • INVOLVES AT LEAST 9 WORKINGS, AFTON WORKING TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY, NEWMAN AND COTTONWOOD MONARCH TO SOUTH. AFTON HAS 1500 FT. OF WORKINGS, NEWMAN AND COTTONWOOD HAS 2000 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDING DIPS 55 DEGREES NE, SEVERAL FISSURES AND BEDDING SURFACES ARE MINERALIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.