The Kennecott Drill Holes is a copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.87861, -112.11333
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Kennecott Drill Holes MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kennecott Drill Holes
Secondary: Southwest Tintic Project
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: S. M. Hansen And Associates
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization Silicification
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): DISTANCE MEASURED TO HOLE SWT-16; HOLES SCATTERED ACROSS FLATS NEARDIAMOND GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY FROM CHIPS FROM HOLES SWT-19 AND SWT-33 FOUND AT SITES, NOT LOCATED ON MAP, TO SOUTH; N 55 A IS A RHYELITE
Comment (Deposit): POOR OUTCROP IN MAP AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): SOME OF THE DRILL HOLES FOUND MINERALIZATION
Comment (Deposit): DEEP HOLES BELIEVED TO BE +3000 FEET, WITH BEST MINERALIZATION AT THOSE DEPTHS AND LOW GRADE
Comment (Workings): DRILL HOLES. TAG MARKED 3042 FOUND AT ONE SITE
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940S
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, S.M., PENCILED MAP OF DRILL HOLES, UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENT IN THE WRITER'S FILES
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