The Sunny Side Mine is a zinc mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,041 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,041 Feet (2,146 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.64556, -111.67111
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Sunny Side Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunny Side Mine
Secondary: Congor
Secondary: Congor Property
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
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: Union Associated Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
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: North Flank Of Big Cottonwood Uplift
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching And Marbleization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Workings): ALL WORKINGS ARE NOW INACCESSIBLE, BECAUSE OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. THERE ARE AT LEAST 4 ADITS, THE SUNNYSIDE TUNNEL HAS AT LEAST 2400 FT. OF WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION FOLLOWS BEDDING PLANES AND IGNEOUS-SEDIMENTARY CONTACTS, WHICH USUALLY CLOSELY TREND ALONG THE STRIKE AND DIP OF BEDDING
Comment (Geology): RUSTY DIORITE ROCK PRESENT AS MASSIVE OUTCROPS
References
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.
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: U.S. GEOL. SURY. PROF. PAPER 201
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111
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