The Upper Buffalo Scaffold Canyon Prospects is a copper mine located in Davis county, Utah at an elevation of 6,010 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,010 Feet (1,832 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.95444, -112.21500
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Upper Buffalo Scaffold Canyon Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Upper Buffalo Scaffold Canyon Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Davis
District: Antelope Island Area
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Antelope Island
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault, Thrust Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SOUTH ADIT FOLLOWS QUARTZ VEIN ALONG SHEAR ZONE (N 16 E 57 SE), QUARTZ VEIN HAS 1 FT. MAXIMUM THICKNESS; MIDDLE ADIT TRENDS N 41 E THROUGH FRACTURED ROCK; NORTH PROSPECT IS ON FAULT ZONE (N 44 W 72 SW).
Comment (Workings): SOUTH ADIT IS 20 FT. LONG; MIDDLE ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 300 FT. LONG, PARTIALLY FLOODED AND MAY HAVE BEEN AN ATTEMPTED CROSSCUT; THE NORTH PROSPECT IS A 4 FT. DEEP PIT ABOUT 6 FT. IN DIAMETER
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): NOVOTNY, R.T., 1958, A GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC STUDY OF ANTELOPE ISLAND, GREAT SALT LAKE, DAVIS CO., UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH M.S. THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, F.D., 1983, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CENTRAL WASATCH FRONT, UTAH: UGMS MAP 54-A.
Reference (Deposit): LARSEN, W.N., 1957, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF ANTELOPE ISLAND, DAVIS CO., UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PHD DISSERTATION.
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