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Cabin

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021018
MRDS ID DC14697
Record type Site
Current site name Cabin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63384, 40.59383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 0.25 MILE NW OF ALTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(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 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES THE GOLCONDA TUNNEL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestones Are Highly Bleached

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63384, 40.59383
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Reed & Benson Thrust Zone, Snow Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PIPES AND SHOOTS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN A WHITE LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO A NW FISSURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1917-1921

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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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