The Copper Cup Claim is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,840 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.19833, -113.84722
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Copper Cup Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Cup Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Eugene Timm
Owner Name: Asarco (American 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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching And Recrystallization Of Ls.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SMALL TONNAGE OF TUNGSTEN ARE AVERAGED 1.0 PERCENT TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE STRIKE, DIP, AND WIDTH GIVEN ARE FOR THE BRECCIA ZONE AT THE VERTICAL SHAFT. THE TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT; THE PIT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION WAS NOT LOCATED WITH ANY CERTAINTY.
Comment (Workings): AN INCLINED (AT 35 DEGREES) SHAFT, A VERTICAL SHAFT WITH AN ADJACENT PIT, A 10 FT. X 10 FT. X 5 FT. DEEP PIT 400 TO 500 FT. SOUTH OF THE INCLINED SHAFT, AND A 20 FT. LONG OPENCUT.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN POOL CANYON
Comment (Production): A SMALL TONNAGE OF TUNGSTEN ORE AVERAGING APPROX. 1.0 PERCENT TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE WAS PRODUCED FROM A SHALLOW SURFACCE PIT ON THE COPPER CUP CLAIM.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, P. 27
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H. M. III 1980 ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. 1935 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 177
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D. 1961, TUNGSTEN DEP. IN UTAH: USBM INF CIRCULAR 8014 P. 27
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 27
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