Red Creek

The Red Creek is a copper mine located in Daggett county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Red Creek

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Daggett
District: Red Creek

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

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

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: COATINGS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Staurolite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 5-10 SHORT TONS MIGHT BE HAND COBBED FROM SURFACE EXPOSURES.

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Comment (Deposit): COATINGS OF MALACHITE ON DARK AMPHIBOLITE AND MICA SCHIST

Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUTS, SHALLOW PITS AND 2 ADITS, DEEPEST OF WHICH IS 140 FT.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PROF. PAPER 111, P. 604-605

Reference (Deposit): 1965 GEOLMAP HANSEN W.R., PROF PAPER 490

Reference (Deposit): 1980 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY FILES

Reference (Production): DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT. GEOL AND MINER. SURV

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 111, 672 P.

Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT COUNT.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 66

Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA, UTAH-COLO-WYO.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 490

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