The Cottonwood Metals Prospect is a lead and zinc mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.64056, -111.63556
Map: View on Google Maps
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Cottonwood Metals Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cottonwood Metals Prospect
Secondary: Watrous Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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 Of Big Cottonwood Uplift
Type: L
Description: Silver Fork Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST SE OF THE SPRUCES CAMPGROUND ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Workings): 2100 FT. OF TOTAL WORKING INDICATED IN 1924
Comment (Geology): A DRIFT EXTENDS EASTERLY ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE LIMESTONE AND SHALE MEMBERS OF THE OPHIR FORMATION. SOUTHWARD THE TUNNEL CROSSES FAULTING AND ENTERS MISS. LIMESTONE
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. BUILER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN TORIC AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 201
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111
The Top Ten Gold Producing States
These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.
