The Unknown Prospect is a copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,820 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,820 Feet (1,774 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.82639, -112.42972
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Unknown Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: West Tintic District
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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Sheep Rock Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism & Assoc. Minerals
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Wollastonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B.F., 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL., V. 53, NO. 2
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. & MCARTHY, B., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111
Reference (Deposit): 1945 RECON HOBBS, S.W., USGS OPEN FILE RPT
Reference (Deposit): 1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
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