The Buckland Mining and Development Prospect is a copper and silver mine located in Davis county, Utah at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.94139, -111.81778
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Buckland Mining and Development Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckland Mining and Development Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Davis
District: Farmington District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault To West
Type: L
Description: Pegmatitic Dikes And Sills, Foliation Of Low Angle Eastward Dip
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NEAR SURFACE MATERIAL: 10 PERCENT CU AND A LITTLE AG
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Specularite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 7 VEINS ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND, 3 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FEET OR MORE; THE MAIN VEIN IS UP TO 12 FEET WIDE AND LESS THAN 4 FEET WIDE IN ONLY A FEW LOCATIONS.
Comment (Commodity): GANGUE OF QUARTZ, CHLORITE AND PYRITE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Workings): BY 1913 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 50 FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH AN UPPER AND LOWER ADIT. UPPER CONNECTS TO SHAFT BOTTOM, IS SHORT AND HAS DRIFTING ALONG THE VEIN. THE LOWER ADIT IS ABOUT 500 FT. LONG AND IS PORTALED 300 FT. BELOW THE VEIN OUTCROP, IT ALSO DRIFTS EAST AND WEST ALONG THE VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1911, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1911, VOL. 13, P. 18.
Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1913, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, APRIL 15, 1913, VOL. 15, P. 34.
Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1913, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, OCTOBER 30, 1913, VOL. 15, P. 28.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 226-227.
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