Copper Blossum

The Copper Blossum is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 4,531 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Blossum

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead

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: 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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Silver Island Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marbleization

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Workings): 100 FT ADIT, 60 FT SHAFT. TWO 150 FOOT CUTS, 100 FT TRENCH, MANY SHALLOW DIGGINGS.

References

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III .

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

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, IN PREP., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON B. S. BUTLER, PROF. PAPER 111

Reference (Deposit): 1974 MINEMAP UGMS - DOELLING IN PREP.

Reference (Production): US BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1934 - 1948 .

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

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