The Big and Little Cottonwood Districts is a silver, lead, and cobalt mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Big and Little Cottonwood Districts MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big and Little Cottonwood Districts
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Cobalt
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: LITTLE COTTONWOOD DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: FISSURE, CONTACT, BEDDED REPLACEMENT
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1864
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: UINTA AXIS (E-W) WASATCH AXIS (N-S) INTERSECTION
Type: L
Description: LITTLE COTTONWOOD, ALTA-CLAYTON PEAK STOCKS SHEARING AND CRUSHING, THRUST FAULTS, NS FAULTS
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: CONTACT
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS F. C. AND BUTLER, B. S. 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, 152P.
Reference (Deposit): MARSELL, R. E., ED, 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL WASATCH MTS, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO 8 71P.
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, MH, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES, USGS PROF. PAPER 610, 283P.
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