The Logger Mine is a lead and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.63889, -111.68944
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Logger Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Logger Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: N. Flank Big Cottonwood Uplift
Type: L
Description: Dike N 30 E, Vertical
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dike Is Decomposed
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 15 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 40 DOLLARS TON/AU
Analytical Data: ASSAY ON 18 INCH VEIN IN 1916, 21% CU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD SHIPMENT
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS LOCATED ON THE WEST WALL OF A LAMPROPHYRE DIKE
Comment (Workings): THE UPPER ADIT IS 300 FT. LONG, THE LOWER ADIT 475 FT., WINZE AND CROSSCUT. WORKINGS WERE FLOODED IN 1977. A PROSPECT ADIT IS ALSO LOCATED HIGHER UP ON THE HILLSIDE
Comment (Geology): DIKE IS 6 TO 20 FT THICK
Comment (Location): NEAR MOUTH OF MINERAL FORK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURV. BULL. 114.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR, 1965. GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT AIRE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-379
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND B.S. BUTLER, 1943. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA. UTAH: U.S. GEOL. SURY. PROF. PAPER 201
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920. THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111
Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., 1916, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JULY 15, 1916
Reference (Production): HIGGINS, W.C., 1916, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, P. 16
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