The Shaft North of Chloride Canyon is a copper mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 5,459 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,459 Feet (1,664 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.76056, -113.47389
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Shaft North of Chloride Canyon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shaft North of Chloride Canyon
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
Type: Underground
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: Basin And Range Faults
Type: L
Description: Northwest Striking Faults And Fracture Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): VERY MINOR VEIN IN FRACTURE ZONE STRIKING NORTHWEST
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE TIMBERED SHAFT ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Geology): SHAFT IS IN PROPYLITICALLY ALTERED ISOM FORMATION
References
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1984, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
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