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Kentucky-Utah Adit

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Bismuth, Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021011
MRDS ID DC14677
Record type Site
Current site name Kentucky-Utah Adit
Alternate or previous names Big Cottonwood Coalition

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60328, 40.62522 (WGS84)
Elevation 2484
Relative position TWO MILES NW OF BRIGHTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City West(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 22,27,34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES BIG COTTONWOOD COALITION, COPPER KING, AND WOODLAWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The Diorite And Adjoining Rocks Are Intensely Altered Consisting Of Calcic Feldspar, Diopside, Titanite, And Garnet.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60328, 40.62522
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone (Ne, Steep Se), G. P. Dikes (N - S, Vertical), Lamprophyre Dikes (E - Ne, Steep S)

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE G. P. DIKE CONSIST OF PHENOCRYST OF ANDESITE, QUARTZ, HORNBLENDE, AND BIOTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1941-1943

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3200.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE LONG ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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