The Buckeye Reef Prospects is a copper and silver mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.2425, -113.36611
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Buckeye Reef Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckeye Reef Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
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
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Leeds Anticline, Leeds Syncline, And Virgin Anticline, All Trending Northeast
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Commodity): COPPER STAIN WAS NOTED, THE PRESENCE OF SILVER WAS INFERRED
Comment (Development): PROSPECT INACTIVE
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSIST OF MALACHITE AND SILVER MINERALS DEPOSITED IN A CHANNEL SANDSTONE LENSE WITH PLANT FOSSILS. MALACHITE WAS SEEN TO REPLACE REED FOSSILS AND IS RARELY DISSEMINATED.
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE RE00100 HAS BEEN DELETED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE SHORT ADIT ABOUT 15 FEET LONG AND ONE PROSPECT PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 44
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