The Cabin is a lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.59389, -111.63306
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Cabin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cabin
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Form: PIPES AND SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Reed & Benson Thrust Zone, Snow Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestones Are Highly Bleached
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE ORE
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INCLUDES THE GOLCONDA TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN A WHITE LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO A NW FISSURE.
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. 121.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1917-1924
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
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