The Timpie Canyon Copper Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,840 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.66694, -112.59361
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Timpie Canyon Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Timpie Canyon Copper Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Timpie Canyon (Free Coinage)
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
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: Basin And Mountains, Stansbury Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deseret Anticline
Type: L
Description: Broad Canyon Reverse Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Tetrahedrite To Malachite.
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 30 FT SHAFT AND A 323 FT ADIT WITH A 115 FT LONG, INCLINED (350) WINZE.
Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, :UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY
Reference (Deposit): 1980 GEOLMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVE
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,:UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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