Prospects West of Harrisburg Bench

The Prospects West of Harrisburg Bench is a copper mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 3,179 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Prospects West of Harrisburg Bench

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Silver Reef 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

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: St. George Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Cordilleran Hingeline

Type: L
Description: Virgin Anticline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE 10-FOOT LONG DECLINE AND ONE SMALL DOZER CUT

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MINOR DISSEMINATED MALACHITE IN SANDSTONE. THIS IS A DISTAL PORTION OF THE SILVER REEF SANDSTONE-HOSTED CU-AG DEPOSIT

Comment (Geology): SHORT DECLINE IS HOSTED BY SANDSTONE AND DOZER CUT IS IN THE UNDERLYING LOWER CHINLE SILTSTONE AND MUDSTONE. SANDSTONE IS WHITE TO SALMON COLORED, MUDSTONE IS MAROON

Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE RE00124 HAS BEEN DELETED.

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

Comment (Commodity): POSSIBLE AG

References

Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 44

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

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