| Deposit ID | 10021033 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14732 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Cottonwood Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Great Western Mines Co. |
| Related records | 10252036 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.58522, 40.58355 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2941 |
| Relative position | ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE BRIGHTON GUARD STATION AND JUST NE OF PIONEER PEAK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Brighton(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 | 003S | 003E | 02 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Forsterite | Gangue |
| Plagioclase | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Scheelite | Gangue |
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Enstatite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Result | AVERAGE: 1.67 % CU, 37.35 % FE, 18.2 % SI02 , 0.96 % S, 0.01 % |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -111.58522, 40.58355 |
|---|
| General form | THREE LENS - SHAPE ORE BODIES |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 114.3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Big Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14732 |
BULLOCK,K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 88, P. 72.
JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 87-88.
CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971
| 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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