The Bromide Crosscut is a gold and copper mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 10,039 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,039 Feet (3,060 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.06722, -110.78972
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Bromide Crosscut MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bromide Crosscut
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns./Bromide Basin
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Lawler
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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Henry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Henry Mountains
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SECTION 34
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION COMBINED WITH BROMIDE BASIN MINE, SEE 17 - MT. ELLEN - 13
Comment (Deposit): LOWER PART OF BROMIDE BASIN FISSURE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS END UNDER BROMIDE FISSURE, WHERE THE FISSURE WAS POORLY DEVELOPED
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1953 MINEMAP HUNT & OTHERS PP. 228
Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107
Reference (Production): USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS
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