Logger Mine

The Logger Mine is a lead and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 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

Name: Logger Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Copper

Lat, Long: 40.63889, -111.68944

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Logger Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Logger Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron


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

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 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: N. Flank Big Cottonwood Uplift

Type: L
Description: Dike N 30 E, Vertical


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dike Is Decomposed


Rocks

Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 15 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 40 DOLLARS TON/AU
Analytical Data: ASSAY ON 18 INCH VEIN IN 1916, 21% CU


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD SHIPMENT

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS LOCATED ON THE WEST WALL OF A LAMPROPHYRE DIKE

Comment (Workings): THE UPPER ADIT IS 300 FT. LONG, THE LOWER ADIT 475 FT., WINZE AND CROSSCUT. WORKINGS WERE FLOODED IN 1977. A PROSPECT ADIT IS ALSO LOCATED HIGHER UP ON THE HILLSIDE

Comment (Geology): DIKE IS 6 TO 20 FT THICK

Comment (Location): NEAR MOUTH OF MINERAL FORK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977


References

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURV. BULL. 114.

Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR, 1965. GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT AIRE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-379

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND B.S. BUTLER, 1943. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA. UTAH: U.S. GEOL. SURY. PROF. PAPER 201

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920. THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111

Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., 1916, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JULY 15, 1916

Reference (Production): HIGGINS, W.C., 1916, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, P. 16


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