Prospects West of Silver Lake

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

Name: Prospects West of Silver Lake  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

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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