The Woodlawn Mine is a lead, silver, copper, zinc, and gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,249 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: 9,249 Feet (2,819 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.60722, -111.60917
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Woodlawn Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Woodlawn Mine
Secondary: Clarke Tunnel
Secondary: New Sensation Tunnel
Secondary: Manahansett Tunnel
Secondary: Gardner Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: Fissure (N 70 E, 60 N), Grizzly Overthrust.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Diorite Is Highly Metamorphosed
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): ACC. NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SECT. 33. LOCATION IS OF THE GARDNER TUNNEL. MINE WAS CONSOLIDATED IN 1928 WITH THE BIG COTTONWOOD COALITION TO FORM THE KENTUCKY UTAH CO.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL SMALLER DIKES OF ALASKITE PORPHYRY AND GRANODIORITE CUTS ACROSS THE BEDDING.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-23
Reference (Deposit): HEYL,A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 46.
Reference (Production): JAMES, 1979, P. 77
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 114.
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.
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