Section 12 Prospect

The Section 12 Prospect is a copper mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 4,649 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Section 12 Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Crater Island/Silver Island

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: Occurrence
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR-TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): 1.5 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF COPPER BLOSSOM MINE AND 4.5 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DONNER-REED PASS ON EAST FLANK OF SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAINS.

Comment (Workings): 65 FOOT ADIT, DOGHOLE AND SHALLOW PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 486 - 488 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., (), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL.

Reference (Deposit): SCHAEFFER, F. E., & ANDERSON, W. L., 1960 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAINS, BOX ELDER & TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH, & ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UGMS BULL. 15 .

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING (1979)

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