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Cottonwood Metals Prospect

Prospect in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021009
MRDS ID DC14674
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Metals Prospect
Alternate or previous names Watrous Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63635, 40.6405 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 10,500 FT. N 58 E 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 003E 17 SE OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SE OF THE SPRUCES CAMPGROUND ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Ophir;Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Ophir;Deseret Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63635, 40.6405
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N. Flank Of Big Cottonwood Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Silver Fork Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 50 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • A DRIFT EXTENDS EASTERLY ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE LIMESTONE AND SHALE MEMBERS OF THE OPHIR FORMATION. SOUTHWARD THE TUNNEL CROSSES FAULTING AND ENTERS MISS. LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 640.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2100 FT. OF TOTAL WORKING INDICATED IN 1924

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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