The Little Dollie Tunnel is a copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.62111, -111.59056
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Little Dollie Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Dollie Tunnel
Secondary: Giles Mining Company
Secondary: Giles Group
Secondary: Cottonwood King
Secondary: Giles Mining and Milling Company
Secondary: Silver King Mines Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
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: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Northeast And Northwest Striking Faults And Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching And Argillization Noted Adjacent To Faults And Fissures, Calc-Silicate Skarns Next To Intrusive
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO INFORMATION
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Comments
Comment (Development): 1000 FT OF TUNNELING COMPLETED BY 1904. OPTIONED BY COTTONWOOD KING MINING COMPANY IN 1916 WHO EXTENDED TUNNEL TO 1400 FT AND DID SOME RAISE AND DRIFT WORK. TWO ADITS UPHILL WERE DRIVEN FOR SHORT DISTANCE
Comment (Workings): LITTLE DOLLIE TUNNEL IS ABOUT 1400 FT LONG WITH UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF RAISE AND DRIFT WORK. TWO OTHER CAVED ADITS ABOVE LITTLE DOLLIE TUNNEL ARE MENTIONED BUT NOT LOCATED AND HAVE A COMBINED LENGTH OF ABOUT 600 FT
Comment (Deposit): INITIAL WORK EXPLORED A N60E STRIKING FISSURE BELIEVED TO BE AN EXTENTION OF THE QUEEN BESS FISSURE. MORE WORK REVEALED A N70 TO 80W STRIKING FISSURE OR FAULT ZONE. ALSO ENCOUNTERED, WERE SKARN REPLACEMENTS BEARING CU AND AU MINERALIZATION NEAR THE CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND THE ALTA STOCK.
Comment (Deposit): IN SPITE OF ABUNDANT WORKINGS, NO PRODUCTION IS REPORTED FROM THE LITTLE DOLLIE TUNNEL. LITTLE DOLLIE PROPERTY MAY HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED WITH SILVER KING COALITION MINES HOLDINGS IN 1927 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
References
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.
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.G.S. GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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