The Copper Mountain Mine is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.54722, -113.08389
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Copper Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Mountain Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Beaver Lake
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Not available
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: Beaver Lake Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Ene Trending Overthrust And Overturned Syncline.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marblization Clay Epidote, Chlorite
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4 SEC 16
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADIT, RAISE, STOPES, DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURRS ALONG CONTACT OF CARBONATES WITH INTRUSIVE; CONTACT IS WELL-EXPOSED BY SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D E, 1961, STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BEAVER LAKE MTNS MASTERS THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111
Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68
Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B
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