The Copper Blossum is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 4,531 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: 4,531 Feet (1,381 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.055, -113.77000
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Copper Blossum MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Blossum
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
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: 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: Silver Island Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marbleization
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): 100 FT ADIT, 60 FT SHAFT. TWO 150 FOOT CUTS, 100 FT TRENCH, MANY SHALLOW DIGGINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III .
Reference (Deposit): SCHAEFFER, F. E., AND ANDERSON, W. L., 1960 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAINS, BOX ELDER AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH, AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UTAH GEOL. SOC. BULLETIN 15 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, IN PREP., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON B. S. BUTLER, PROF. PAPER 111
Reference (Deposit): 1974 MINEMAP UGMS - DOELLING IN PREP.
Reference (Production): US BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1934 - 1948 .
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
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