| Deposit ID | 10021003 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14663 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dolly Varden Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Colonial Tunnel |
| Related records | 10300911, 10251986 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.67968, 40.64161 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2160 |
| Relative position | 8800 FT. S 45 E OF MOUNT RAYMOND |
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 | SE OF NW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Diorite Dikes | ||||||
| Rock description | Diorite Dikes | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Maxfied Limestone;Ophir |
| Rock description | Maxfied Limestone;Ophir |
| (1) | Tintic Quartzite |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1871 |
| District name | Big Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 426.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14663 |
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE 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. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111
CALKINS AND BULLER, 1943, P. 104;
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS 10 FT. WIDE AT A DEPTH OF 100 FT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1982 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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