The Johnson Canyon Properties is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.78139, -114.02722
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Johnson Canyon Properties MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Johnson Canyon Properties
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1887
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deep Creek West Flank Fault
Type: L
Description: Johnson Canyon Syncline And Extensive Thrusting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE ASSAYS UP TO FOUR OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON WITH A TRACE OF GOLD.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1917 BY THE GASH BROTHERS OF IBAPAH. IT ASSAYED 24 DOLLARS PER TON SILVER.
Comment (Workings): CONSISTS OF FIVE ADITS, SIX SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS, DEEP CREEK MTNS., TOOELE CO.: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, K.C., 1973. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., TOOELE AND JUAB CO.: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV
Reference (Production): THOMPSON, K.C., 1973. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL 99
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