The Steamboat Tunnel is a iron and copper mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 8,681 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,681 Feet (2,646 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.57306, -111.58000
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Steamboat Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Steamboat Tunnel
Secondary: Great Western Mines Group
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Wasatch
District: Snake Creek 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
Year First Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1925
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Forsterite
Gangue: Mica
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS A SKARN FORMED ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE CLAYTON PEAK STOCK AND MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONES. METASOMATIC DEPOSIT IS MAGNETITE-RICH WITH UP TO 5% COPPER.
Comment (Workings): THE STEAMBOAT TUNNEL EXTENDS NORTHWESTERLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 4000 FT, TERMINATING BENEATH THE WORKINGS OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD AND MOUNTAIN LAKE MINES
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED. THE TUNNEL IS PART OF THE MOUNTAIN LAKE GROUP OF MINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Production): ONLY MINOR PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): TUNNEL WAS TO EXPLORE AND DEVELOP THE MOUNTAIN LAKE AND BIG COTTONWOOD MINE. TUNNEL WAS 3500 FT LONG BY 1905. ONLY MINOR MINERALIZATION WAS FOUND
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
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. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979
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