The Columbia is a copper and gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.52028, -112.14194
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Columbia MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Columbia
Secondary: Ohio Copper Company
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: THREE VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH CU VALUES AND $6 IN GOLD IN ONE FISSURE
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALONG THE CONTACT OF MONZONITE AND QUARTZITE. SEAMS ALONG FISSURES UP TO 14 FT WIDE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: A 12 - 14 FT OF PYRITIC SULFIDE IS OVERLAIN BY 3 FT OF DECOMPOSED QUARTZITE, 1 FT OF ORE, AND A SLICKENSLIDED ALTERED ROOF OF TALCOSE MATERIAL.
Comment (Commodity): SURFACE CARBONATES, OXIDES, AND NATIVE COPPER PASS DOWNWARD INTO SECONDARY SULPHIDES AND PRIMARY SULPHIDES AT DEPTH. CORES OF BLACK PYRITIC SULPHIDES IN GREEN CARBONATES.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OF 175,000 LBS OF COPPER IN 1902 .
Comment (Location): MINE IS NOW DUG UP BY THE OPEN PIT. ALTITUDE IS THAT OF THE ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE.
Comment (Workings): 1,000 FT TUNNEL AND DRIFTS WITH INCLINE, STOPES.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 38 , P. 260
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958
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