The Big Cottonwood Mine is a copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,649 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,649 Feet (2,941 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.58361, -111.58444
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Big Cottonwood Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Cottonwood Mine
Secondary: Great Western Mines Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Tungsten
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: 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
Form: THREE LENS - SHAPE ORE BODIES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn Zone, 50 Ft Wide, Along The Contact Zone.
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
Analytical Data: AVERAGE: 1.67 % CU, 37.35 % FE, 18.2 % SI02 , 0.96 % S, 0.01 %
Materials
Gangue: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Forsterite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Enstatite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACC. SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SECT. 2
Comment (Commodity): COPPER - BEARING MAGNETITE DEPOSIT
Comment (Production): SMALL
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GARDISON LS: BLUE - GRAY, DISTINCT BEDDING, CONTAINS LIGHT GRAY CHERT, HIGHLY FOSSILIFEROUS, 450 FT THICK. DESERET LS: DARK GRAY TO BLACK, ABUNDANCE OF CHERT, 900 FT THICK.
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 87-88.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK,K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 88, P. 72.
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