The Copper Hill Deposit Prospect is a copper and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.16194, -113.86278
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Copper Hill Deposit Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Hill Deposit Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Northwest-Striking Faults That Have Controlled Some Of The Quartz Monzonite Dikes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication Garnetization Of Limestone
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG AN IRREGULAR QUARTZ MONZONITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT, IN NORTHEAST-STRIKING BEDDING REP L. TACTITE ZONES AND IN NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST-STRIKING FRACTURES.
Comment (Workings): 2 INCLINED SHAFTS: WESTERN, 30 FT. DEEP, 60 DEGREES NE; EASTERN, 45 FT. DEEP, 48 DEGREES MANY ASSOCIATED PITS, TRENCHES, AND BULLDOZER CUTS.
References
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
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