Sunny Side Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10102124
MRDS ID DC14665
Record type Site
Current site name Sunny Side Mine
Alternate or previous names Congor, Congor Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.6719, 40.6455 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Relative position 9600 FT. S 18 E OF GOBBLER KNOB

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 002E 13 NW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching And Marbleization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyry Dikes
    Rock description Diorite Porphyry Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Humbug;Doughnut
    Rock description Humbug;Doughnut

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.6719, 40.6455

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Flank Of Big Cottonwood Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 40 NE
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 40 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • RUSTY DIORITE ROCK PRESENT AS MASSIVE OUTCROPS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Associated Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 731.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • ALL WORKINGS ARE NOW INACCESSIBLE, BECAUSE OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. THERE ARE AT LEAST 4 ADITS, THE SUNNYSIDE TUNNEL HAS AT LEAST 2400 FT. OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION FOLLOWS BEDDING PLANES AND IGNEOUS-SEDIMENTARY CONTACTS, WHICH USUALLY CLOSELY TREND ALONG THE STRIKE AND DIP OF BEDDING

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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