The Silver Peak Prospects is a copper mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 7,080 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,080 Feet (2,158 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.67944, -113.45750
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Silver Peak Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Peak Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Antelope Range 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: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: N-S To N 30 W Striking Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillization
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): POSSIBLE AG MINERALIZATION
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP IS UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A BANDED QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN. VEIN IS COMPOSED OF ABOUT 80% BLACK, MANGANIFEROUS CALCITE AND 20% CHALCEDONY LOCALLY BRECCIATED, VEIN IS ABOUT 4 FEET WIDE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT AND TWO PROSPECT PITS ADIT IS ABOUT 30 FEET LONG AND STRIKES N 30 W, FOLLOWING HANGING WALL OF VEIN
Comment (Geology): PROSPECTS & VEINS LOCATED ALONG A N-S STRIKING FAULT. RACER CANYON TUFF IS 19 MY OLD.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS.
Reference (Deposit): MCINTOSH, S., UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS IN PROGRESS, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
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