The Kentucky-Utah Adit is a silver, lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,150 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,150 Feet (2,484 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.62528, -111.60250
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Kentucky-Utah Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kentucky-Utah Adit
Secondary: Big Cottonwood Coalition
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fracture Zone (Ne, Steep Se), G. P. Dikes (N - S, Vertical), Lamprophyre Dikes (E - Ne, Steep S)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Diorite And Adjoining Rocks Are Intensely Altered Consisting Of Calcic Feldspar, Diopside, Titanite, And Garnet.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE G. P. DIKE CONSIST OF PHENOCRYST OF ANDESITE, QUARTZ, HORNBLENDE, AND BIOTITE.
Comment (Location): INCLUDES BIG COTTONWOOD COALITION, COPPER KING, AND WOODLAWN.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE LONG ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 111-112.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 75-76.
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1928-43
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
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