The Copper Apex Tunnel is a copper, silver, and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,701 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,701 Feet (2,957 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.61944, -111.55972
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Copper Apex Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Apex Tunnel
Secondary: Silver King Western
Secondary: Crystal-Elgin
Secondary: Kennelly Ground
Secondary: Scott
Secondary: Silver King Coalition Mines Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Silver King Western Manufacturing Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, UT
Production
Year: 1908
Time Period: 1906-1908
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^12.9% Cu, 1.5% Cu, 11.9 Oz/Ton Ag, .018 Oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1875
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Fissures, North Striking Dike
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Silicification, Iron Staining, Calc-Silicate Formation At Dike Margins, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OVERALL ORE GRADES GIVEN IN PRODUCTION SECTION
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ENTIRE ADIT SUPPOSEDLY IN WOODSIDE SHALE
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Location): LOCATED JUST BELOW CRYSTAL-ELGIN INCLINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Development): SILVER KING WESTERN COMPANY IS CURRENTLY EXPLORING FOR PB-AG ORE. THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE AN OREBODY ON THE PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): TUNNEL PROBABLY FOLLOWS ONE MAJOR FISSURE DEPOSIT WITH LOCAL PODS OF REPLACEMENT MINERALIZATION. PROBABLY SOME CALC-SILICATE HOSTED MINERALIZATION TOO
Comment (Workings): COPPER APEX TUNNEL DRIVEN IN A N30E DIRECTION
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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