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Cottonwood Atlantis

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021042
MRDS ID DC14748
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Atlantis

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63634, 40.56772 (WGS84)
Elevation 3307
Relative position ON MOUNT BALDY AT THE BOUNDARY OF SALT LAKE AND UTAH CO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(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 003S 003E 08 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63634, 40.56772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Dikes, Alta Thrust,

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION HAS OCCURED ALONG FISSURES, IN LIMESTONE BRECCIAS ALONG THE ALTA THRUST, AND IN QUARTZITE. THE ALTA THRUST OCCUR AS A "WINDOW" WHICH FORMS THE TOP OF MOUNT BALDY. BELOW THE WINDOW IS ANOTHER THRUST ZONE WHERE THE UPPER PLATE IS TO THE EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood District

Reference information

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

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