| Deposit ID | 10301067 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011946 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490350036 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alta Consolidated Mine |
| Related records | 10014874, 10300977 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.62108, 40.59634 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2858 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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 | 002 S | 003 E | 33 | NWSESW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Plumbojarosite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Wulfenite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -111.62108, 40.59634 |
|---|
| Strike | N50E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 80N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 50HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 40M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1903 |
| District name | Little Cottonwood District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 600M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490350036 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011946 | MAS references MRDS |
CALKINS, F.C. AND B.S. BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIT
E COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PRO. PAPER 201,
131, PLATE 46
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SILVER ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GALENA |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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