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Reed's Peak Consolidated Mines

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021010
MRDS ID DC14675
Record type Site
Current site name Reed's Peak Consolidated Mines
Alternate or previous names Big Cottonwood Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65579, 40.62883 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 3900 FT. N.70E. OF KESSLER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Aire(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 19 SE OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF DOUGHNUT FALLS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Deseret Limestone;Gardison Limestone
    Rock description Deseret Limestone;Gardison Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65579, 40.62883
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N. Flank, Big Cottonwood Upliftshelf
Type of structure Local
Structure description West Superior Fault, Alta Overthrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENT OF LEAD ORE FROM UPPER REEDS PEAK ADIT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 743.71M

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWER ADIT IS 1700 FT. LONG. BIG COTTONWOOD CONSOL. IS DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS, THE LOWEST ONE IS 740 FT. LONG. ALL OF THE WORKINGS ARE NOW CAVED, AT LEAST 10 WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS FISSURES INVESTIGATED AT LIMESTONE QUARTZITE CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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