The Sulphur Creek Copper Prospect is a copper and lead mine located in Wayne county, Utah at an elevation of 7,402 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: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.20056, -111.28667
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Sulphur Creek Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sulphur Creek Copper Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Wayne
District: Boulder Mountain Area
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: Underground
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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs - Teasdale Anticline
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: NODULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Teasdale Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 20
Comment (Workings): SHAFT PARTIALLY CAVED
References
Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE SMITH F. J. ETAL PROFESSIONAL PAPER
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., LOUGHLIN, C. F., HEIKES, V. C., AND OTHERS, 1920 , THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111 .
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, F. J., JR., HUFF, L. C., HINRICHS, N. E., LUEDKE, R. G., 1963 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 363 .
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER B.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER
Reference (Deposit): MUTH, JAMES V., 1965 , THE GEOLOGY OF MINERS MOUNTAIN (A PRELIMINARY REPORT): WRITTEN FOR RILEY R. OSBORN, TORREY, UTAH.
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