The Columbus Consolidated Mine is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,579 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,579 Feet (2,615 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.58972, -111.63861
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Columbus Consolidated Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Columbus Consolidated Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little 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
Year: 1913
Time Period: 1902-1913
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Smelting Ore: 1 Dollar 40 Cents/Ton Au, 32.88 Oz. Ag, 6.64% Cu, 4.49% Pb.
Year: 1913
Time Period: 1902-1913
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Milling Ore: 13,644 Tons Of Concentrate Averaged 85 Cents/Ton Au, 23.83 Oz/Ton Ag, 4.46% Cu, 11.94% Pb.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Overthrust Fault, Snow And Howland Fault, Brain And Garfield Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SMELTING ORE: ORE DOLLAR 40 CENTS/TON AU, 33 OZ/TON AG, 6.64% CU, 4.49% PB
Analytical Data: MILLING ORE: 85 CENTS AU, 23.8 OZ/TON AG, 4.46% CU, 11.9% PB
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Development): COLUMBUS MINE, WASATCH DRAIN TUNNEL, FLAGSTAFF MINE AND TOM MOORE TUNNEL WORKED AS UNIT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER MINERAL VEINS COALITION MINES CO. PROPERTY
Comment (Geology): WORKINGS CUT FORMATIONS FROM PREC. MINERAL FORK TILLITE TO UMISS DESERET LIMESTONE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PP 201, P. 118-120.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTON MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.
Reference (Production): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, P. 119.
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