Compressor Mine

The Compressor Mine is a tungsten and copper mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 6,680 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: Compressor Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Rosebud

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

Type: Surface

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: Grouse Creek Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

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

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Powellite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Comment (Geology): K2 COMPTON AND OTHERS, 1977 , CALL THIS INTRUSION GRANODIORITE VERGING ON ADAMELLITE

References

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL.

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVE

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

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