The Alta Superior Tunnel is a silver, copper, and molybdenum mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 10,200 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: 10,200 Feet (3,109 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 40.55333, -111.66722
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Alta Superior Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alta Superior Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
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: UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLE: AU-TRACE, AG-TRACE, CU-.003 PERCENT, MO-.01 PERCENT, PB-LESS THAN .01 PERCENT.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PYRITE ON DUP
Comment (Location): SECTION WAS PROJECTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Workings): CAVED ADIT BEARING S 70 E
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, 152 P.
Reference (Deposit): SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, 1919, VOL. 21, P.42.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: USGS OFR 75-382, P. 128
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