The Indian Hickman Canyon Copper Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.42139, -112.64139
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Indian Hickman Canyon Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indian Hickman Canyon Copper Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains, Stansbury Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: North-Trending Syncline, Parallel To The Deseret Peak Anticlinal Axis.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE MILKY QUARTZ VEIN CARRIES BLEBS AND SMALL VEINLETS OF CHALCOPYRITE ALTERING TO A SOFT, DULL GRAY MINERAL AND MALACHITE.
Comment (Development): THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FIELD WORK (1980) WAS PART OF A MINERAL RESOURECES EVALUTATION FOR A RARE II AREA (04-757) IN THE STANSBURY MTNS. SECTION (GRANTSVILLE DIV.) OF THE WASATCH NF.
Comment (Workings): THE PROSPECT IS A 20 FT. BY 20 FT: BY 6 FT. DEEP PIT WITH A WINDLASS AT THE EDGE, INDICATING THAT IT MAY BE CAVED-IN SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY, 175P.
Reference (Deposit): 1980 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES-DENVER, COLO
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M., III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): ALMQUIST, CAR., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DENVER, COLORADO.
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