The Upper Baer Canyon Workings is a copper mine located in Davis county, Utah at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.03528, -111.87806
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Upper Baer Canyon Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Upper Baer Canyon Workings
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Davis
District: Kaysville Area
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
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
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
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP OF EAST ADIT: AG - .3 PPM, AU - .12 PPM, CU - 1.02%, PB - 30 PPM, ZN - 45 PPM
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE A PEGMATITE DIKE
Comment (Workings): THREE SMALL ADITS, WEST ONE IS OPEN, OTHER TWO ARE COLLAPSED, THEY AVERAGE 20 FT. LONG.
Comment (Location): THE PROSPECT IS AT THE SAME. APPROXIMATE LOCATION GIVEN BY BURANEK (1942) FOR AN ASBESTOS DEPOSITS BUT THE DESCRIPTIONS DON'T MATCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
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.
Reference (Deposit): BURANEK, A.M., 1942, INITIAL REPORT ON THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BEAR CANYON, DAVIS CO., UTAH: UGMS CIRCULAR 1, 4 P.
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