The Michigan Utah Mine is a mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,475 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: 9,475 Feet (2,888 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.5956, -111.61690
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Michigan Utah Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Michigan Utah Mine
Secondary: Black Bess Mine
Secondary: City Rocks Mine
Secondary: Utah Mines Coalition
Secondary: Lavinia Mine
Secondary: Grizzly Tunnel
Secondary: Darlington Mining Company
Secondary: Regulator Mine
Secondary: Continental-Alta Mining Company
Secondary: Unity Mining Company
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Wollastonite
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Rhodochrosite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Wad
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCESS TO THESE MINES IS IN LITTLE COTTONWOOD DISTRICT
References
Reference (Deposit): STRICT: UTAH GMS BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., IN PREPARATION, MINERAL RESOURCES OF BIG COTTON
Reference (Deposit): 133, PLATE 46; P. 131; P. 48-49, 132, PLATES ZIC,46;
Reference (Deposit): E COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PRO. PAPER 201,
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND B.S. BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIT
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