The Scotia Prospect is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,199 Feet (2,804 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.6125, -111.60750
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Scotia Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scotia Prospect
Secondary: Kentucky-Utah Group
Secondary: Big Cottonwood Coalition
Secondary: Woodlawn Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Solitude Ski Resort
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type: L
Description: Numerous Northeast Striking Shear Zones And Normal Faults. Grizzly Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tactite Along Intrusive Contacts, Minor Silicification And Bleaching Adjacent To Veins
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PROBABLY SAME AS KENTUCKY-UTAH GROUP
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE PATENTED CLAIM WHICH IS PROBABLY INCLUDED IN THE KENTUCKY-UTAH GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Deposit): PRESUMABLY MINOR FISSURES RELATED TO MINERALIZATION AT KENTUCKY-UTAH GROUP
Comment (Workings): FOUR SMALL ADITS ON CLAIM WHICH STRIKE ENE TOWARDS COPPER KING MINE OF THE KENTUCKY-UTAH GROUP
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
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