The Big Indian Mine is a copper mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.24111, -109.26306
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Big Indian Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Indian Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Lisbon Valley Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENS, PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Clastic Units - 10 - 15 Ft Thick Separated By 30 Ft Barren Gray-Green Shale, Lisbon Valley Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE W017208 HAS BEEN DELETED.
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED IN MEDIUM-TO-COARSE-GRAINED SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE, CONCENTRATIONS ALONG FRACTURES AND AROUND CARBONACEOUS SHALE PODS AND LENSES
Comment (Workings): STRIPPING AND OPEN PIT ALONG WITH LEACHING PONDS AND SETTLING PONDS EXTEND OVER AN AREA 5000 FT BY 2000 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): WEIR, G.W., AND PUFFETT, W.P., 1982, INCOMPLETE MANUSCRIPT ON STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND URANIUM-VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH-COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 81-39, 292P.
Reference (Deposit): MONISON, S.J. AND PARRY, W.T., 1986, FORMATION OF CARBONATE-SULFATE VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH COPPER ORE DEPOSITS FROM SALINE BASIN BRINES, LISBON VALLEY, UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 81, P. 1853-1866.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): JONES, H., 1978
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