The Red Creek is a copper mine located in Daggett county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.93139, -109.22250
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Red Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Creek
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Daggett
District: Red Creek
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
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: COATINGS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Staurolite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 5-10 SHORT TONS MIGHT BE HAND COBBED FROM SURFACE EXPOSURES.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): COATINGS OF MALACHITE ON DARK AMPHIBOLITE AND MICA SCHIST
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUTS, SHALLOW PITS AND 2 ADITS, DEEPEST OF WHICH IS 140 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PROF. PAPER 111, P. 604-605
Reference (Deposit): 1965 GEOLMAP HANSEN W.R., PROF PAPER 490
Reference (Deposit): 1980 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY FILES
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT. GEOL AND MINER. SURV
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 111, 672 P.
Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT COUNT.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 66
Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA, UTAH-COLO-WYO.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 490
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