Shaft Northwest of the Dixie-Apex Mine

The Shaft Northwest of the Dixie-Apex Mine is a copper mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 5,899 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Shaft Northwest of the Dixie-Apex Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Tutsagubet 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Gaylon Hansen

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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Beaver Dam Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Cordilleran Hingeline

Type: L
Description: N 25 W Striking Fracture Zone, Apex Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Jarosite

Comments

Comment (Development): THIS PROSPECT IS THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE APEX VEIN. THE AREA IS CURRENTLY BEING EXPLORED FOR ITS GALLIUM AND GERMANIUM POTENTIAL

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975); 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1955 EDITION

Comment (Commodity): OTHER COMMODITIES WHICH MAY BE PRESENT INCLUDE ZN, AG, GA, AND GE

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A TOTALLY OXIDIZED VEIN HOSTED BY LIMESTONE. VEIN IS NARROW, ONE TO TWO FEET WIDE. ALTERATION ADJACENT TO VEIN. VEIN CONSISTS OF LIMONITE-AND HEMATITE-RICH GOSSAN.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE STEEPLY INCLINED SHAFT WHICH FOLLOWS THE VEIN. VEIN IS THE NORTHWEST EXTENSION OF THE APEX VEIN. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF THE APEX MINE EXTEND INTO THIS AREA.

Comment (Geology): GOSSANOUS VEIN MATERIAL OCCURS ALONG THE N 25 W STRIKING APEX FAULT

References

Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES

Reference (Deposit): COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 70

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