West Park Mine

The West Park Mine is a copper mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 8,550 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: West Park Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Utah
County: Wasatch
District: Snake Creek District

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: West Park Mining Co.
Home Office: Thomas Loveland, President, Provo, Ut.

Owner Name: West Park Mining Co.
Home Office: Provo, Ut.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1946
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: Wasatch Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, POD

Structure

Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch. Cordilleran Hingeline. Sevier Overthrust Belt

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Contact Metamorphism, Bleaching, Recrystalization

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 12% CU, 2.4 OZ/TON AG, .07 OZ/TON AU. AVERAGE GRADE IS 3% CU, .6 OZ/TON AG, .055 OZ/TON AU

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): MAIN TUNNEL FOLLOWS MINERALIZATION AND IS 500 FT LONG. 620 FT EAST OF MAIN TUNNEL IS A SHORT CROSSCUT TUNNEL ABOUT 335 FT LONG. OTHER WORKINGS INCLUDE SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES AND PITS. SHALLOW SHAFTS SHOWN ON MAP ARE ACTUALLY PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Geology): SKARNS FORMED ALONG CLAYTON PEAK-MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONE CONTACT

Comment (Development): WEST PARK MINING ORGANIZED IN 1946. ROAD BUILT AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS STARTED IN 1946. FIVE CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1946. 10 ADDITIONAL CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED BY 1950.

Comment (Deposit): CONTACT METAMORPHIC REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT CONSISTING OF CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE AND MAGNETITE. DEPOSIT HAS AN OVERALL TABULAR SHAPE, 500 FT LONG IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION AND 3 FT WIDE. DEPTH UNKNOWN

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE TANTAMOUNT CLAIMS AND LION GROUP OF CLAIMS. PROPERTY ALSO INCLUDES A LEASED PORTION OF THE GREAT WESTERN GROUP OF CLAIMS. TANTAMOUNT CLAIMS ARE UNPATENTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1950 WAS 15 CARLOADS

References

Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. REPORT OF EXAMINATION, 1946, BY P.T. ALLSMAN AND GUNNELL, F.H., U.S.B.M. STRATEGIC MINERALS EXAMINATION, 1950, BY BUCHHOLTZ, H.F.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 111.

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A. CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534

Reference (Deposit): ALLSMAN, P.T., AND GUNNELL, F.H., 1946, U.S.B.M. REPORT OF EXAMINATION

Reference (Deposit): BUCHHOLTZ, H.F., 1950, U.S.B.M. STRATEGIC MINERALS EXAMINATION REPORT

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