The Highland Boy is a copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.51528, -112.16722
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Highland Boy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Highland Boy
Secondary: Utah - Apex
Secondary: Utah Consolidated Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1896
Discovery Year: 1873
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: THREE WELL - DEFINED LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Limestone (N 45 - 80 E, 25 - 55 N), Fissures (N 85 E; N 85 W; N 30 - 45 W; N - S), Slip Planes (N - Ne, 90 ; E - Ne, 45 N)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To A Depth Of 300 Ft
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: WHITE LS: 43.4 % SIO2 , 1.31 % MGO, 45.52 % CAO, 0.23 % H2O, 8.28 % CO2
Analytical Data: 1900'S : 12 % CU, $4 AU, 3 % AG. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IN 1905 : GREY LS: 4.87 % SIO2 , 0.3 % AL2O3, 0.99 % MGO, 53.50 % CAO, 39.32 % CO2
Materials
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Olivine
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE ORE DIP AND STRIKE ALMOST PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING. UNDERLYING THE LIMESTONE IS QUARTZITE AND OVERLYING THE ORE BODIES IS A BARREN BED OF MARBLE OR SILICIFIED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Production): FROM 1,000,000 TONS ORE
Comment (Development): DEEPER PARTS (SKARN ZONE) WILL BE REOPENED IN 1980 AS PART OF THE CARR FORK MINE (FOR MORE DETAILS, LOOK UP THE MINE)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN 1905 CONSIST OF FIVE TUNNELS FROM 725 TO 1,900 FT LONG. A 12,600 FT TRAMWAY WAS BUILD TO TRANSPORT ORE TO SANDY. NEAR TOOELE, UTAH.
Comment (Deposit): THE LENSES SHOW A MASSIVE BEDDED STRUCTURE. THE REPLACEMENT SHOOTS ARE IN CARBONATES IN THE UPPER PARTS OF THE MINE. SKARN ORE ARE NEAR THE INTRUSIVE CONTACT AT DEPTH; PYRITIFEROUS COPPER ORE ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRITIC IGNEOUS ROCK.
Comment (Location): CONSOLIDATED IN 1896 BY THE UTAH CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. AND IN 1901 AS THE UTAH - APEX WITH THE RED WING MINE. THE MINE TODAY IS EXCAVATED BY THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.
Comment (Commodity): THE CHALCOPYRITE IS TARNISHED AND COATED WITH BORNITE AND SEAMED WITH LIMONITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 213, 1902, P. 108.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 260, 1904, P. 238.
Reference (Deposit): 3A) USGS PROF PAPER 38 , P. 264 .
Reference (Deposit): 3B) USGS MIN. RES. 1916 - 1924 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965
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