The Utah Prospect is a copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,152 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.91139, -112.51028
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Utah Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Utah Prospect
Secondary: White Rat Prospect
Secondary: Sheeprock Fluorite Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: White Rat Mining Co.
Owner Name: Ann Alloway, Marjorie Black
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: South Flank Fault Of Sheeprock Mountains Striking N45w
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, UNDETERMINED DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER, P. 427-428
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