Native Copper Prospect

The Native Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,960 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Native Copper Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

Elevation: 8,960 Feet (2,731 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 40.57889, -111.64583

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Native Copper Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Native Copper Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood (Alta) District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR, TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Near Axis Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault

Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Comment (Deposit): NORTHERN WORKINGS EXPLORE FISSURE VEIN IN QUARTZITE CONTAINING HIGH GRADE COPPER ORE. SOUTHERN WORKINGS FOLLOW DIKE OF DIORITE PORPHYRY THROUGH OPHIR AND MAXFIELD, MAIN ORE DEVELOPMENT IS IN THE LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE OPHIR.

Comment (Workings): TWO MAIN ADITS AND OTHER MINOR WORKINGS


References

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, P.128.

Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.


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