The Rio #1 is a copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,942 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,942 Feet (1,811 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.57028, -113.06361
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Rio #1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rio #1
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Detroit District
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
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
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: Drum Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Drum Mtns Homocline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite, Hemitite
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4, NE 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, PRELIM. RPT ON TERT. VOLCANISM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION THOMAS R. & N. DRUM MTNS: USGS OPEN FILE RPT. 79-1076
Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, GEOL. MAP & X-SECTIONS OF TERT. ROCKS IN THOMAS RANGE AND NORTHERN DRUM MTNS, JUAB CO., UT.: USGS MAP I-1176
Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP NEWELL, R. UNIV. OF UT. MS THESIS
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-1176
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
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