The New Year-Roy Claims is a copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,259 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,259 Feet (1,603 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.2425, -113.84500
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New Year-Roy Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Year-Roy Claims
Secondary: New Year and Roy Patented Claims of the Monster Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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
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: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Ochre Mtn. Thrust, Garrison Monster Tranverse Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tenorite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE NEW YEAR AND ROY CLAIMS ARE SOUTH OF THE NEARLY EAST-WEST GARRISON MONSTER TRANVERSE FAULT.
Comment (Deposit): N-S TO N40E, SE AND NW STEEPLY DIPPING FISSURES FILLED WITH MALACHITE, TENORITE, AND LIMONITE. A 1125 FT. LONG ADIT NORTH OF THE COPPER MINERALIZATION FAILED TO INTERSECT THE FISSURES.
Comment (Workings): THE MAJOR WORKING ON THE NEW YEAR CLAIM IS AN EXPLORATOR, ADIT 1125 FT. LONG, TRENDING APPROXIMATELY SOUTH. THE OTHER WORKINGS ARE TRENCHES, SHORT ADITS, AND PITS ON NORTH TO NORTH TO NORTHEAST-STRIKING FISSURES.
Comment (Deposit): THE NEW YEAR CLAIM, AS PART OF THE MONSTER MINING COMPANY PROPERTY, HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS PART OF THE GARRISON MONSTER MINE. THE ROY CLAIM ADJOINS THE NEW YEAR CLAIM ON THE EAST. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 166
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 166
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1980, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 5329: UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. AND B.M. MCCARTHY, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, P. 409.
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