The Cardiff Mine is a mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,150 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,150 Feet (2,789 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.6078, -111.65060
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Cardiff Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cardiff Mine
Secondary: South Fork Con Mine
Secondary: Mountain Chief Mine
Secondary: Jones Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Salt Lake County
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: Sphalerite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Cerussite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., IN PREPARATION, MINERAL RESOURCES OF BIG COTTON
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF: PAPER 201, P 109-111.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF COTTON
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