The Columbus-Rexall Mine is a copper, gold, silver, and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,579 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,579 Feet (2,615 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.58972, -111.64139
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Columbus-Rexall Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Columbus-Rexall Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood 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: Alta United Mines Co.
Home Office: 620 Commercial Bank, Midland, Tx. 79701
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1917-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.29 Oz/Ton Au, 32.4 Oz/Ton Ag, 13.9 % Cu, 3.8 % Zn
Year: 1926
Time Period: 1917-1926
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.02 Oz/Ton Au, 16.03 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.4 % Cu, 18.5 % Pb, 31 % Fe
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Overthrust, East And West Howland Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): THIS LOCATION INCLUDES: OLD COLUMBUS EXTENSION, REXALL SILVER AND COPPER MINING, WASATCH MINES CO. MINERAL VEINS COALITION MINES CO. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Workings): TOTAL EXTENT OF WORKING IS APPROXIMATELY 14,000 FT. MAIN ENTRY IS HOWLAND AND COLUMBUS AND REXALL TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS WHERE CAMB. TINTIC QUARTZITE, OPHIR FM. AND MAXFIELD LIMESTONE ARE THRUST OVER MISS. DESERET ALONG ALTA THRUST ZONE
Comment (Production): PARTIAL PRODUCTION FIGURES; FIGURES FOR 1959-1962 PROBABLY ALL FROM WASATCH DRAIN TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 69-71.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA UTAH: USGS PP 201. PG. 117.
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 71.
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