The Lake Point Mine is a copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.69056, -112.24389
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Lake Point Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lake Point Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Lake Point Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Corp.
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: Great Salt Lake Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Realgar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN FLANK OF KESSLER ANTICLINE NEAR LAKE POINT THRUST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT, INCLINED 20 DEG., COLLAPSED AND INACCESSIBLE; OPEN PIT ALONG A STREAM CHANNEL; VARIOUS SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED; VEINS OF SILICA AND CALCITE ARE COMMON; THICKNESS OF ALTERATION ZONE IS ABOUT 20 FT.
Comment (Orebody): ORE_FORM = LINEAR; TABULAR
References
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, S.F., 1905, AN INTRODUCTION ON GENERAL GEOLOGY: USGS PROF. PAPER 38, P. 19-28
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF . PAPER III, 672 P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1935, MINOR COPPER- PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN UTAH: COPPER RES. OF THE WORLD: 16TH INTER. GEOL. CONG., P. 369
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