The Gold Leaf Claim is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,561 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
Elevation: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.35639, -113.10528
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Gold Leaf Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Leaf Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star 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
Owner Name: B. Mcculley
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: Ene Striking Faults, E-W Striking Andesite And Lamprophyre Dikes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Contact Metasomatism
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Phlogopite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE COLLAPSED ADIT, ONE SHAFT ABOUT 25 DEEP, AND NUMEROUS DOZER CUTS.
Comment (Geology): MIOCENE QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUDES UNDIFFERENTIATED PERMIGA LIMESTONE. ANDESITE AND LAMPROPHYRE DIKES OF MIOCENE AGE CUT ALL ROCKS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION AT ADIT AREA CONSISTS OF CU-FE SKARN DONINANTLY CHALCOPYRITE AND MAGNETITE AND THEIR OXIDATION PRODUCTS. MINERALIZATION ONLY PRESENT AT ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MILFORD QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1471, SCALE 1:48,000.
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 46
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