Compressor Mine

The Compressor Mine is a tungsten and copper mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 6,680 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Compressor Mine

State:  Utah

County:  Box Elder

Elevation: 6,680 Feet (2,036 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten, Copper

Lat, Long: 41.51917, -113.75861

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Compressor Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Compressor Mine


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Rosebud


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


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: Grouse Creek Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Powellite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Comment (Geology): K2 COMPTON AND OTHERS, 1977 , CALL THIS INTRUSION GRANODIORITE VERGING ON ADAMELLITE


References

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL.

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION


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