The South Columbus Mine is a mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,553 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: 8,553 Feet (2,607 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.5875, -111.63580
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South Columbus Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Columbus Mine
Secondary: Alta-Hecla Claims
Secondary: Alta-Quincy Tunnel
Secondary: Columbus-Wedge
Secondary: Sells Claims
Secondary: South Hecla Mine
Secondary: Ivanhoe
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little 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: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Pyrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Enargite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Bismuth
Unknown: Bismuthinite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Wollastonite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Cerussite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE RESERVES BASED ON PRO. PAPER 201 SILVER ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA ADDITIONAL MINERAL FROM A-8, AIKINITE, CLASS 03
References
Reference (Deposit): P. 276, 282
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PRO. PAPE
Reference (Deposit): 125-128, PLATE 44
Reference (Deposit): HE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREAS UTAH: USGS PRO. PAPER 201,
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.L., AND B.S. BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI
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