Carbonate Mine

The Carbonate Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,941 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Carbonate Mine
Secondary: Homeward Bound Tunnel
Secondary: Carbonate Tunnel
Secondary: Little Giant Tunnel

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: J. Wade, G. Ryan, B. Tibby, D. Fenkell

Production

Year: 1878
Description: Ap_Grade: ^55-60% Pb, 50-60 Oz Per Ton Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1870
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, PIPES, PODS, LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault

Type: L
Description: Carbonate Reverse Fault (100 Ft South), Alta Overthrust Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Aurichalcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): ACCESS THROUGH SEVERAL ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. MAIN CARBONATE, STOPE WAS 60 FT. BY 20 FT. BY 26 FT. HIGH. CAVE STOPE WAS 30 FT. BY 10 FT. BY 9 FT. LARGEST STOPE WAS 200 FT BY 100 FT. BY 50 FT. AND TIMBERED BY 365 SQUARE SETS

Comment (Geology): THE ORE BODIES ARE IN THE SPOTTED AND MOTTLED CAMBRIAN LIMESTONE. THE ORE BODIES ARE MOSTLY ALONG SEVERAL SUBSIDIARY FISSURES THAT STRIKE N75W, DIP STEEPLY SOUTH.

Comment (Commodity): AURICHALCITE WAS MAIN ORE MINERAL: A SMALL GALLIUM RESOURCE IS INDICATED.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Comment (Production): METAL CONTENT OF ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTER 1877: 932 OZ AU, 168,813 OZ AG, 2,590,263 LBS PB. IN 1878: 513 OZ AU, 164,848 OZ AG AND 1,698,670 LBS OF PB WERE PRODUCED AT THE SMELTER.

Comment (Development): THE EARLIEST DISCOVERY IN 1870 WAS MADE ON THE PROVO CLAIM

Comment (Deposit): THE LARGEST ORE BODY WAS LENTICULAR IN SHAPE AND HAD DIMENSIONS OF 200 X 100 X 50 FT. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER ORE BODIES ALSO.

References

Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1973, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 62-64.

Reference (Deposit): CALKING, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH:USGS PP 201, PG. 104-106.

Reference (Production): CALKINS, F.C AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, P. 105.

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