The Apex-Delaware Group Mines is a copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.52333, -112.17056
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Apex-Delaware Group Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apex-Delaware Group Mines
Secondary: Utah Apex
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Owner Name: Smelting And Refining Co.
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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Orthoclase
Comments
Comment (Workings): TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS, LOCATED CLOSE TO PARNELL LODE.
Comment (Geology): HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES IN WALLROCKS.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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