| Deposit ID | 10102124 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14665 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sunny Side Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Congor, Congor Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.6719, 40.6455 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2146 |
| Relative position | 9600 FT. S 18 E OF GOBBLER KNOB |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 002E | 13 | NW OF SW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Diorite Porphyry Dikes | ||||||
| Rock description | Diorite Porphyry Dikes | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -111.6719, 40.6455 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | North Flank Of Big Cottonwood Uplift |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 80 W |
| Dip | 40 NE |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 40 NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| District name | Big Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Union Associated Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 731.52M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14665 |
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURV. BULL. 114.
CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR, 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT AIRE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-379
BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION FOLLOWS BEDDING PLANES AND IGNEOUS-SEDIMENTARY CONTACTS, WHICH USUALLY CLOSELY TREND ALONG THE STRIKE AND DIP OF BEDDING |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1982 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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