Columbus-Rexall Mine

The Columbus-Rexall Mine is a copper, gold, silver, and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,579 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Columbus-Rexall Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

Elevation: 8,579 Feet (2,615 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 40.58972, -111.64139

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Columbus-Rexall Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Columbus-Rexall Mine


Commodity

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


Location

State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood District


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: Alta United Mines Co.
Home Office: 620 Commercial Bank, Midland, Tx. 79701


Production

Year: 1918
Time Period: 1917-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.29 Oz/Ton Au, 32.4 Oz/Ton Ag, 13.9 % Cu, 3.8 % Zn
Year: 1926
Time Period: 1917-1926
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.02 Oz/Ton Au, 16.03 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.4 % Cu, 18.5 % Pb, 31 % Fe


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
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: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of The Wasatch Fault

Type: L
Description: Alta Overthrust, East And West Howland Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): THIS LOCATION INCLUDES: OLD COLUMBUS EXTENSION, REXALL SILVER AND COPPER MINING, WASATCH MINES CO. MINERAL VEINS COALITION MINES CO. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Comment (Workings): TOTAL EXTENT OF WORKING IS APPROXIMATELY 14,000 FT. MAIN ENTRY IS HOWLAND AND COLUMBUS AND REXALL TUNNEL

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS WHERE CAMB. TINTIC QUARTZITE, OPHIR FM. AND MAXFIELD LIMESTONE ARE THRUST OVER MISS. DESERET ALONG ALTA THRUST ZONE

Comment (Production): PARTIAL PRODUCTION FIGURES; FIGURES FOR 1959-1962 PROBABLY ALL FROM WASATCH DRAIN TUNNEL


References

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

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 69-71.

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA UTAH: USGS PP 201. PG. 117.

Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 71.


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