The Sam Spring Prospects is a copper mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 4,419 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: 4,419 Feet (1,347 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.12944, -113.93361
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Sam Spring Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sam Spring Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Tutsagubet 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
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: Beaver Dam Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Detachment Fault, Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Detachment Fault, Quartz Veins At N 12 W, 55w
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic, Argillic
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF TUNGSTEN AND POSSIBLY ANOMALOUS IN GOLD
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 8 PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): PROSPECT OCCURS IN THE FOOTWALL OF A DETACHMENT FAULT SEPARATING OVERLYING PALEOZOZ LIMESTONE FROM PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS.
Comment (Deposit): ABUNDANT DISCONTINOUS VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE CONTAIN RARE CHALCOPYRITE AND COMMON MALACHITE STAIN. VEINS HOSTED BY PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS WHICH SHOWS ARGILLIC AND PROPYLITIC ALTERATION. DETACHMENT FAULT LOCATED NEARBY.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
Reference (Deposit): COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 70
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