The Section 12 Prospect is a copper mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 4,649 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,649 Feet (1,417 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.08056, -113.75278
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Section 12 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 12 Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Crater Island/Silver Island
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
Not available
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR-TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1.5 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF COPPER BLOSSOM MINE AND 4.5 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DONNER-REED PASS ON EAST FLANK OF SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Workings): 65 FOOT ADIT, DOGHOLE AND SHALLOW PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 486 - 488 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., (), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL.
Reference (Deposit): SCHAEFFER, F. E., & ANDERSON, W. L., 1960 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAINS, BOX ELDER & TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH, & ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UGMS BULL. 15 .
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING (1979)
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