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Carbonate Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021007
MRDS ID DC14669
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate Mine
Alternate or previous names Homeward Bound Tunnel, Carbonate Tunnel, Little Giant Tunnel
Related records 10155422

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.6669, 40.62244 (WGS84)
Elevation 3030
Relative position 4000 FT N 23 W FROM THE SUMMIT OF MONTREAL HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(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 002E 24 SW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AURICHALCITE WAS MAIN ORE MINERAL: A SMALL GALLIUM RESOURCE IS INDICATED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aurichalcite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Shale
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.6669, 40.62244
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Carbonate Reverse Fault (100 Ft South), Alta Overthrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PIPES, PODS, LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODIES ARE IN THE SPOTTED AND MOTTLED CAMBRIAN LIMESTONE. THE ORE BODIES ARE MOSTLY ALONG SEVERAL SUBSIDIARY FISSURES THAT STRIKE N75W, DIP STEEPLY SOUTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1872

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Wade, G. Ryan, B. Tibby, D. Fenkell

Production statistics

  • Year 1878
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^55-60% Pb, 50-60 Oz Per Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1553g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 58wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • METAL CONTENT OF ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTER 1877: 932 OZ AU, 168,813 OZ AG, 2,590,263 LBS PB. IN 1878: 513 OZ AU, 164,848 OZ AG AND 1,698,670 LBS OF PB WERE PRODUCED AT THE SMELTER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 548.64M
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESS THROUGH SEVERAL ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. MAIN CARBONATE, STOPE WAS 60 FT. BY 20 FT. BY 26 FT. HIGH. CAVE STOPE WAS 30 FT. BY 10 FT. BY 9 FT. LARGEST STOPE WAS 200 FT BY 100 FT. BY 50 FT. AND TIMBERED BY 365 SQUARE SETS

Comments on development

  • THE EARLIEST DISCOVERY IN 1870 WAS MADE ON THE PROVO CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1973, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 62-64.

  • Deposit

    CALKING, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH:USGS PP 201, PG. 104-106.

  • Production

    CALKINS, F.C AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, P. 105.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LARGEST ORE BODY WAS LENTICULAR IN SHAPE AND HAD DIMENSIONS OF 200 X 100 X 50 FT. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER ORE BODIES ALSO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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