The Prospects West of Silver Lake is a copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,999 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.6025, -111.59222
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Prospects West of Silver Lake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prospects West of Silver Lake
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn Assemblege
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT PITS LOCATED ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN ALTA STOCK AND MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONE
Comment (Workings): AREA CONTAINS THREE SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): PROSPECTS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY ON THE CONTACT BETWEEN ALTA STOCK AND MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONE
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTEHRS, 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.
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.
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