Cottonwood Grand Central Prospect

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Molybdenum, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042118
MRDS ID M058405
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Grand Central Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.64773, 40.65188 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position 11,850 FT. SOUTH 55 DEG. EAST FROM THE SUMMIT OF GOBBLER'S KNOB

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 07 SW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF REYNOLDS GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 7% PB
Result 1.6 OZ AG/TON
Result DUMP SAMPLE 3.4 PPM AG
Result 50PPM CU
Result 35 PPM MO
Result 125 PPM PB
Result 545 ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Intrusive Dike
    Rock description Diorite Intrusive Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Deseret Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.64773, 40.65188

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 35 NE TO 45 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures, Contact Between Dikes And Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • CARBONATE ROCKS EAST OF THE FAULT SHOW LOCALLY INTENSE BLEACHING, WEAK MAGNETIC HIGHS ACROSS THE FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1924 THE MAIN TUNNEL WAS 840 FT. IN LENGTH, THE LOWER TUNNEL WAS 250 FT. IN LENGTH A 50 FT. RAISE ABOVE THE MAIN TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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