The Rockwell Shaft is a copper and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.755, -112.64611
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Rockwell Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rockwell Shaft
Secondary: Orin Porter Rockwell
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1870
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: IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: A Joint System N 5 W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite, Some Barite
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHAFTS. THE MAIN SHAFT IS INCLINED 60 DEG. W. THE MAIN SHAFT HAS 2 LEVELS AT 135 FT & 325 FT. THE 135 LEVEL HAS 400 FT OF WORKINGS & 2 STOPES; 325 LEVEL HAS 60 FT DRIFTING
Comment (Geology): THE BEST ORE IS ON THE 325 LEVEL WHERE ORE RUNS 5% CU, 8 OZ AG/TON, 0.170% U3O8.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS # 42
Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOPHYS UT. GEOL. & MIN SURVEY BULL. 95
Reference (Production): REES, 1973, GEOLOGY & DIATREMES OF DESERT MTN., UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, DESERT MTN., IN BUTLER, B.S., & OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: 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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