The Cooper Tunnel is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,400 Feet (2,865 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.60972, -111.61222
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Cooper Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cooper Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hinge Line
Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Normal Faults Grizzly Thrust Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Bleaching And Silicification, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA ON GRADES.
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS THOUGHT TO BE THE WESTERN EXTENSION OF THE COOPER WERE CUT IN THE ALTA TUNNEL AND THE ALTA TUNNEL'S NO. 5 DRIFT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS OF UNKNOWN BUT PROBABLY SMALL LENGTH IN THE COOPER AREA. COOPER FISSURE CUT BY NO. 5 DRIFT OF ALTA TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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