The W.S. Brighton Prospect is a copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,721 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,721 Feet (2,963 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.58417, -111.59056
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W.S. Brighton Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: W.S. Brighton Prospect
Secondary: Mountain Lake Group
Secondary: Great Western Mines Co
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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: Great Western Mines Co.
Home Office: Ogden, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordileran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Unknown
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Possible Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Development): WASATCH NATIONAL FOREST OWNS THE SURFACE RIGHTS
Comment (Deposit): MAY BE A VEIN PROSPECT, BULL QUARTZ WITH CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE HOSTED BY SERICITIZED GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Workings): APPEARS TO BE A SMALL ADIT, NO KNOWN PRODUCTION
Comment (Geology): PROSPECT OCCURS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE ALTA STOCK
Comment (Deposit): NO INFORMATION BESIDES NAME AND LOCATION OF PROSPECT (JAMES, L.P., 1979) IS AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE, BUT PROXIMITY TO TUSCARORA CHIEF PROSPECTWOULD INDICATE PRESENCE OF CU
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
References
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. 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.
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