Brownstone Adit

The Brownstone Adit is a copper and iron mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,879 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Brownstone Adit  

State:  Utah

County:  Utah

Elevation: 5,879 Feet (1,792 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Iron

Lat, Long: 39.97917, -111.74833

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Brownstone Adit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Brownstone Adit
Secondary: Santaquin Central Adit


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Iron


Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Santaquin District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Unknown


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

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

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

Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT


References

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH-CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOL. STUDIES VOL. 9, PT. 1.

Reference (Deposit): DEMARS, L.C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MOUNTAIN, SOUTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES VOL. 3, NO. 2.


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