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Cottonwood Gold Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020923
MRDS ID DC14278
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Gold Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77079, 40.61133 (WGS84)
Elevation 2045
Relative position 4,900 FT S 29 W OF LEDGEMERE PICNIC GROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draper(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)

Twin Peaks Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 002E 30 NW OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF FERGUSON CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock;Lamprophyre Dike
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock;Lamprophyre Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77079, 40.61133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER, UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood Canyon Mouth Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENT OF SILVER ORE IN 1925

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 114, P.49.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.B., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.

  • Production

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 49.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LAST 15 FT. OF THE ADIT IS RICH IN IRON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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