The Big Cottonwood Bonanza Group Prospects is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,470 feet.
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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: 7,470 Feet (2,277 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.63917, -111.63889
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Big Cottonwood Bonanza Group Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Cottonwood Bonanza Group Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: N. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): THIS LOCATION IS FOR LOWER TUNNEL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, THE MAIN ADIT IS GT. 775 FT. IN LENGTH, NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE OTHER TWO WORKING
Comment (Geology): 775 FT FROM THE PORTAL, A 2.5 FT THICK FISSURE, CONTAINING PB, AG, AND AU VALUES. DRIFTS WERE EXTENDED ALONG A LIMESTONE-QUARTZITE CONTACT
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT AIRE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-379
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND B.S. BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: US. GEOL. SURY. PROF. PAPER 201
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYPROF. PAPER III
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P. 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURV. BULL. 114
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