The Copper Bloom Prospect is a gold, copper, and tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,243 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,243 Feet (1,903 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.13, -113.82278
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Copper Bloom Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Bloom Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Bismuth
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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR AND IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $50/A TON IN GOLD IN JAROSITE, SPECIMENS ARE REPORTED TO ASSAY AS HIGH AS 60 OZ/TON IN AG AND $20/A TON IN AU.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bismutite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Beidellite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS, VERTICAL SHAFTS AND DECLINES: MANY SHALLOW BULLDOZER SCARS ARE FOUND OVER THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL VEINS, ANOTHER STRIKES N10W, DIPS 45E, OTHERS N20E AND 65SE, N75E AND 30-50 SE, SEVERAL ORE BODIES
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 127
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 127
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON SITE INSPECTION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: PP. 177, P. 127
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., AND H.M. MESSENGER III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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