The Unknown Mine is a copper and iron mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 6,890 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,890 Feet (2,100 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Iron
Lat, Long: 38.57306, -112.80972
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Unknown Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Antelope Spring
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Antelope Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: N-S High Angle Normal Faults, Thrusting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnet, Epidote, Iron, L.G. Metamorp.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 910-2-3
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Sphene
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW1/4 SE 1/4 SE1/4
Comment (Workings): ADIT NOT OPEN
Comment (Geology): SMALL ISLANDS OF PRECAMBRIAN PROSPECT MTN QTZITE HAVE BEEN THRUST UP IN THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE NORTHERN END OF THE RANGE.
References
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L, 1979, GEOLOGIST.
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
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