The Reeds Peak Consolidated Group is a zinc and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.62833, -111.65500
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Reeds Peak Consolidated Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reeds Peak Consolidated Group
Secondary: Big Cottonwood Consolidated
Secondary: Elgin Adit
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: West Superior Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): THREE ADITS, AT 7810 FT, 8000 FT, AND 9440 FT ELEV.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 111.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 60.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958
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