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Big Cottonwood Bonanza Group Prospects

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. 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 10095612
MRDS ID M058409
Record type Site
Current site name Big Cottonwood Bonanza Group Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63968, 40.63911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2277
Relative position 9400 FT. NORTH 58 DEG. EAST FROM THE SUMMIT 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 NW OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THIS LOCATION IS FOR LOWER TUNNEL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Round Valley Limestone;Doughnut
    Rock description Round Valley Limestone;Doughnut

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63968, 40.63911
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • 775 FT FROM THE PORTAL, A 2.5 FT THICK FISSURE, CONTAINING PB, AG, AND AU VALUES. DRIFTS WERE EXTENDED ALONG A LIMESTONE-QUARTZITE CONTACT

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 236.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, THE MAIN ADIT IS GT. 775 FT. IN LENGTH, NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE OTHER TWO WORKING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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

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