The Alta Consolidated Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,301 Feet (2,835 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.59833, -111.61889
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Alta Consolidated Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alta Consolidated Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Grizzly Thrust, Silver Fork Fault, Fissures (N 40 - 60 E, Steep N)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorphosed Limestones Near The Offshoots From The Alta And Clayton Peak Stocks.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1911 - 19 : AVG. $.12 AU, 30.21 OZ AG, 10.9 % PB, 2.22 % CU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): INCLUDES 128 ACRES, THE SILVER KING ADIT, AND THE LOWER COPPER PRINCE(BROOKLYN) ADIT.
Comment (Production): PRODUCE 4,500 TONS OF ORE IN 1911 - 19 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AN ALASKITE PORPHYRY DIKE AND A DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE CUTS ACROSS THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THE DIORITE DIKE IS ALTERED AND CONTAINS GARNET. REPLACEMENT OCCURS IN THE OPHIR LS, FITCHVILLE FM, AND DESERET LS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 130.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN. RES. 1916-1920.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 319-321.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
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