The Green Carbonate Mine is a copper mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 7,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.24694, -114.01667
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Green Carbonate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Green Carbonate Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Lucin Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Pilot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization, Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ORE WOULD ALSO CONTAIN SMALL AMOUNTS OF LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER
Comment (Location): SE SW SW QUARTER
Comment (Geology): STOCK 3/4 MILE FROM MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, P. 82
Reference (Deposit): 1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVE
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BLUE, D. M., 1960 , UNIV. OF UTAH M. S. THESIS
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