The Morris Creek East Prospects is a copper mine located in Davis county, Utah at an elevation of 6,220 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: 6,220 Feet (1,896 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.99861, -111.84056
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Morris Creek East Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morris Creek East Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Davis
District: Farmington District
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault To West
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS: SOUTHWEST IS COLLAPSED BUT WAS APPROXIMATELY 50 FT. LONG SOUTHEAST TUNNEL IS AT LEAST 80 FT. LONG (POOR ROOF PREVENTED COMPLETE EXAMINATION), NORTH ADIT IS OPEN AND TRENDS 105 YDS S 13 W THEN TURNS S 35 E FOR 91 YDS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN IN SHEAR ZONE
References
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, B., 1979, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PRECAMBRIAN FARMINGTON CANYON COMPLEX AND SURROUNDING ROCKS IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS BETWEEN OGDEN AND BOUNTIFUL, UTAH: USGS OFR 79-709.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
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