Crescent Creek Adit

The Crescent Creek Adit is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 10,479 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Crescent Creek Adit
Secondary: Cuprum

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns./Bromide Basin

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Frank Lawler

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: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Henry Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Henry Mountains

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Specularite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 34

Comment (Production): LESS THAN 50 OZ GOLD.

Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT ( 1966 )

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1972 , HENRY MTNS. COAL FIELDS IN EASTERN AND NORTHERN UTAH COAL FIELDS: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY MON. 2 P. 97 - 190 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RECORCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 , P. 78 - 90 .

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, PP. 111

Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107

Reference (Production): USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK

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