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Alta Consolidated Mine

Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108854
MRDS ID DC14696
Record type Site
Current site name Alta Consolidated Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.61967, 40.59827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835
Relative position ONE MILE WEST OF TWIN LAKE RESERVOIR

Site location context

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)

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 32,33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES 128 ACRES, THE SILVER KING ADIT, AND THE LOWER COPPER PRINCE(BROOKLYN) ADIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphosed Limestones Near The Offshoots From The Alta And Clayton Peak Stocks.

Analytical data

Result 1911 - 19 : AVG. $.12 AU, 30.21 OZ AG, 10.9 % PB, 2.22 % CU

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.61967, 40.59827
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Grizzly Thrust, Silver Fork Fault, Fissures (N 40 - 60 E, Steep N)

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AN ALASKITE PORPHYRY DIKE AND A DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE CUTS ACROSS THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THE DIORITE DIKE IS ALTERED AND CONTAINS GARNET. REPLACEMENT OCCURS IN THE OPHIR LS, FITCHVILLE FM, AND DESERET LS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1916-1921

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCE 4,500 TONS OF ORE IN 1911 - 19 .

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

Beyond USGS

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

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