Dixie Mine

The Dixie Mine is a copper, gallium, and germanium mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 5,518 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dixie Mine
Secondary: Apex
Secondary: Pen
Secondary: Dixie-Apex
Secondary: Utah-Eastern Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gallium
Primary: Germanium
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Tutsagubet

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: Coastal Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1884
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: Basin & Mountains-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn (BC name is Carbonate-hosted Cu)

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, BRANCHING, CHIMNEY-LIKE BODIES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Beaver Dam Mts., A Nw-Trending Uplift At The Boundary Between The Basin And Range Province And The Colorado Plateau

Type: L
Description: Apex Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To At Least 425 M Below The Surface. Within And Adjacent To Fault The Limestone Has Been Dolomitized And Locally Silicified.

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GOETHITE AS MUCH AS 0.5% GE, HEMATITE AS MUCH AS 0.7% GE, LIMONITE AS MUCH AS 0.5% GE AND 2% GA, JAROSITE AS MUCH AS 0.7% GA

Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Cuprite
Gangue: Adamite
Gangue: Rosasite
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): NW STRIKE LENGTH OF AT LEAST 107 M CONFIRMED BY DRILLING

Comment (Location): E FLANK OF BEAVER DAM MOUNTAINS

Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER 570 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SURFACE DUMP FROM THE OLD MINE IS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN ABOUT 50,000 ST WITH 0.037% GE, 0.019% GA, AND 1.55% CU.

Comment (Production): ALSO MINOR ZN AND AU

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL ADITS AND AN INTERNAL SHAFT.

Comment (Deposit): THE APEX MINE IS THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO BE OPERATED PRIMARILY FOR GERMANIUM AND GALLIUM AND IS THE FIRST MINE TO OXIDIZE SULFIDE ORE FOR THESE ELEMENTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, LEE I. & BLAIR M. MCCARTHY, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH-1976: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE REPORT #22 P. 522-525

Reference (Deposit): BERNSTEIN, L.R., 1986, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE APEX GERMANIUM-GALLIUM MINE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1577, 9 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE

Reference (Production): L.I. PERRY, 1979; BERNSTEIN, 1986, P. 1.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BERNSTEIN, 1986, P. 5.

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1967, MINERALS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN #76, P. 237

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER #111 672 P.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 01-04-1971

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