The Prospects West of Bullion Canyon Adits is a copper mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 5,810 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: 5,810 Feet (1,771 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.71583, -113.47944
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Prospects West of Bullion Canyon Adits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prospects West of Bullion Canyon Adits
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Antelope Range District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stockwork
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Northwest Striking Fracture-Stockwork Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Immediately Adjacent To Veins
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): POSSIBLE AG MINERALIZATION
Comment (Deposit): Deleted completely duplicate record 10042305, except for old MRDS no. M058853.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL ZONES OF CU AND POSSIBLE AG MINERALIZATION WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF CHALCEDONIC STOCKWORK. THE LARGEST VEIN IS ABOUT 6" WIDE. VEINS ARE VERY VUGGY WITH ABUNDANT QUARTZ CRYSTALS LINING VUGS. STAINING INCLUDES LIMONITE, HEMATITE AND MANGANESE. MINOR BLADED BARITE CRYSTALS ALSO PRESENT IN VEINS. MINERALIZATION INCLUDES MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA STAINS, CRYSTALLINE MALACHITE IN VUGS (FINE, RADIATING, PRISMATIC CLUSTERS OF A BRIGHT EMERALD GREEN MINERAL), AND AN UNIDENTIFIED SUB-METALLIC, FINE-GRAINED, AMORPHOUS GRAY MATERIAL
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE SHORT (20 FOOT) SHAFT AND ONE PROSPECT PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE MINING DISTRICT: UGMS, PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS.
Reference (Deposit): MCINTOSH, S., UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS IN PROGRESS, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
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