The Dolphin and Carioca Prospect is a copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,501 Feet (2,896 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.6, -111.59556
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Dolphin and Carioca Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dolphin and Carioca Prospect
Secondary: Hilton and Dobie Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hinge Line
Type: L
Description: Several Fracture Sets Present At N20w, 80sw, S85w, 90
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Skarn Development
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Antlerite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TOTAL WORKINGS ON EVERGREEN MOUNTAIN INCLUDE SEVEN ADITS AND TWO SHAFTS AS SHOWN ON MAP PROVIDED BY JAMES, 1979. NO DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS GIVEN. ONE SHAFT AND TWO ADITS WERE FOUND IN THE FIELD. THREE ADITS WERE INACCESSIBLE. ALL WORKING WERE LESS THAN 50 FEET IN LENGTH
Comment (Geology): DEPOSITS LOCATED IN A LIMESTONE GAP BETWEEN THE ALTA AND CLAYTON PEAK STOCK. MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO AREAS OF SKARN DEVELOPMENT AND SHOWS BOTH BEDDING AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL. BEDDING IS AT N90E, 50N
Comment (Location): INCLUDED WITH THIS NAMED PROSPECT ARE A GROUP OF UNNAMED ADITS AND SHAFTS LOCATED ON MT. EVERGREEN BETWEEN LAKE SOLITUDE AND TWIN LAKES RESERVOIR. SEVEN ADITS AND TWO SHAFTS ARE PRESENT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS LOCATED IN LIMESTONE BETWEEN THE ALTA STOCK AND A SATELLITE OF THE CLAYTON PEAK STOCK. ALL DEPOSITS SHOW SKARN-TYPE METASOMATISM. SEVERAL OF THE PROSPECTS SHOW BOTH A STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF MINERALIZATION. MINERALIZATION IS CHALCOPYRITE, MALACHITE, AND AZURITE WITH ASSOCIATED MAGNETITE HOSTED BY SKARNS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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