| Deposit ID | 10014865 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011933 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Relief Shaft |
| Alternate or previous names | Mountain Lake Group, Great Western Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.58272, 40.58272 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3002 |
| Relative position | 3750 FT N57E FROM SUNSET PEAK |
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 | 003S | 003E | 02 | SE OF NW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Brucite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Forsterite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Phlogopite | Gangue |
| Serpentine | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| Result | 5% CU, MINOR AU AND AG, .25-.30% WO3 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Clayton Peak Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Clayton Peak Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone |
| Rock description | Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | Gardison and Lodgepole Limestones |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Grizzly Thrust Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| District name | Big Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Great Western Mines Co. |
| Home office | Ogden, Ut. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011933 |
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S |
| Deposit | NO KNOWN PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION, OF UNKNOWN EXTENT, OCCURS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN THE CLAYTON PEAK STOCK AND THE DESERET AND GARDISON LIMESTONES. SKARN MINERALIZATION IS MAGNETITE RICH |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1984 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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