The Copper Point is a mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,121 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: 5,121 Feet (1,561 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.01806, -110.32028
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Copper Point MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Point
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC. 25
Comment (Deposit): THE EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION IS NOT KNOWN
Comment (Commodity): A MASSIVE SULFIDE ORE OF INTERTWINED MINERAL GRAINS
Comment (Location): ON EAST SIDE OF JUNCTURE; ON WOODED SMALL RISE
Comment (Development): OUTCROP ONE MILE NORTHWEST OF EMMONS MINE
Comment (Deposit): OCCURRENCE ONLY; MAY EXTEND TO NORTHEAST SOUTH OF ROAD AND NORTH OF SMALL RISE; ROCK CONTAINS GRAINS AND MASSES OF SULFIDES UP TO 0.7 CM IN DIAMETER
Comment (Workings): OCCURRENCE ONLY
References
Reference (Deposit): 1959 COMPILE USAEC GUIDBOO
Reference (Deposit): GUIDBOOK TO URANIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN U.S., USAEC 1959
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