Reber Wash Prospects

The Reber Wash Prospects is a copper mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 3,891 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: Reber Wash Prospects  

State:  Utah

County:  Washington

Elevation: 3,891 Feet (1,186 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 37.11833, -113.95083

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Reber Wash Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Reber Wash Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Tutsagubet District


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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Detachment Fault On The West Side Of Beaver Dam Mountains

Type: L
Description: Veins At N 40 W, Abundant Fractures At N 40 E,


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration Of Argillite To Clays


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE DOZER CUTS.

Comment (Geology): PROSPECTS LOCATED CLOSE TO DETACHMENT FAULT, PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 FEET STRUCTURALLY BENEATH THE FAULT SURFACE.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS UP TO ONE FOOT IN WIDTH. MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF BLEBS OF CHALCOPYRITE, LARGELY OXIDIZED, HOSTED BY BULL QUARTZ IN VEINS.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)


References

Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.S., 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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