The Copper Hill Prospect is a copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,479 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,479 Feet (1,670 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.82833, -112.91722
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Copper Hill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Hill Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Keg Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Prospect Lies Within The Holdings Of Robert And Terry Steele
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Keg Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt
Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault Just Below Prospect, Numerous Fractures, High-Angle, Ne-Striking Fault To East
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SAMPLE OF FRACTURED QUARTZITE CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE PODS CONTAINED 26 PPB AU 7.1 PPM SB, 108 PPM AS, 220 PPM BA, 230 PPM CR, 27 PPM CO, 10.0 % FE, 13 PPM MO, <50 PPM NI, <5 PPM AG, <2 PPM W, 17.0 PPM U, <200 PPM ZN, 11.05 %CU, 195 PPM PB, <1 PPM BI
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ANALYSES SHOW THAT THE PROSPECT CONTAINS MUCH COPPER BUT LITTLE OF ANYTHING ELSE
Comment (Deposit): CHALCOPYRITE OCCURES AS PODS REPLACING QUARTZITE LOCALIZED ALONG FRACTURES STRIKING N50 W, 80 SW. DEPOSIT LIES IMMEDIATELY ABOVE A THRUST FAULT AND NEAR A NE STRIKING HIGH-ANGLE FAULT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERY SMALL PROSPECT PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NORTHERN KEG MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, IN KOPP, R.S., AND COHENOUR, R.E., EDS., CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION 16, P. 451-462.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB, MILLARD, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-185.
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