The Copper Center Tunnel is a copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.51806, -112.14444
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Copper Center Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Center Tunnel
Secondary: Copper Center Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
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
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Country Is Traversed By Joint Planes And Irregular Cracks.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1905 : 0.3 - 2.28 % CU, $1.20/TON AU, AVERAGE OF 1.31 % CU, 17.5 CENTS/TON AU & AG, 18.35 % FE, AND 26 % SILICA.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2,000 FT TUNNEL, THREE SHAFTS, TWO DRILL HOLES, AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF CROSSCUTS.
Comment (Geology): WORKINGS MAINLY IN MINERALIZED FRACTURES OF PORPHYRY. COMPLEX NETWORKS OF THIN QUARTZ VEINS. FRESH MONZONITE CONTAIN MINUTE PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE ON JOINT PLANES; BLEACHED PORPHYRY IN FRACTURES AND SMALL IRREGULAR MASSES WITH QUARTZ IN VEINLETS AND IN ROCK BETWEEN VEINLETS.
Comment (Location): PART OF THE BOSTON CONSOLIDATED GROUP. INCLUDING STEWART, ARMSTRONG, PHEONIX, BULLDOZER, CAMPBELL, EDISON, PEABODY, AND INGERSOLL PROPERTIES.
Comment (Production): SEVEN MILL RUNS TOTALING 271,614 DRY TONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 38 , P. 258
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958
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