The Unknown Prospect is a copper and iron mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Iron
Lat, Long: 39.75889, -112.63111
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Unknown Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Desert Mtn Unorganized
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
Not available
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: Desert Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD-LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Prospects Are Bounded On E. & W. By 2 Nw Trending Normal Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Specularite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): ORE OF HIGH GRADE COPPER OCCURS IN SMALL POCKETS ALONG NUMEROUS NW TRENDING SHEARS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SUR.
Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UT GEOL. & MIN SURVEY SS #42
Reference (Deposit): 1972 GEOPHYS UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 95
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111
Reference (Deposit): REES, D.C., ERICKSON, M.P., & WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY & DIATREMES OF DESERT MTN; UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #42
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