The Ohio Copper Co. is a lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Ohio Copper Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ohio Copper Co.
Secondary: Columbia
Secondary: Erie
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shattered Quartzite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE VALUE IN 1909 : 1.606 % CU, 0.005 OZ AU, 0.05 OZ AG.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): WORMSER, F.E., 1924 , PROGRESS IN LEACHING THE OHIO COPPER MINE: ENG AND MIN. JOUR PRESS VOL. 118 , NO. 4 , P. 124 - 127 .
Reference (Deposit): WORMSER, F.E., 1923 , LEACHING A COPPER MINE: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. PRESS, V. 116 , NO. 16 , P. 665 - 670
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. RES. 1918 - 1950
Reference (Deposit): MAC FARLANE, J., 1909 , THE OHIO COPPER CO., BINGHAM, UTAH: MIN. WORLD, V. 30 , P. 345 - 348
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