OK Mine

The OK Mine is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,040 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: OK Mine
Secondary: Hidden Treasure
Secondary: Maria
Secondary: Copper Ranch
Secondary: OK Copper
Secondary: South Utah Copper Project
Secondary: Bawana
Secondary: Eagle
Secondary: Milford
Secondary: Cortex
Secondary: Mary 1
Secondary: Western Utah Copper

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Beaver Lake Mountains

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Western Utah Copper Co (Copper King Mining)

Owner Name: Copper King Mining Corp
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Milford UT 84751
Info Year: 2010
Years: 2008 -

Owner Name: Palladon Ventures Ltd
Home Office: Vancouver BC V6Z 1S4

Production

Year: 1900
Time Period: 1900-1954
Mined: 12000.000 mt
Year: 1903
Material type: CU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^40% Cu Assay
Year: 1967
Time Period: 1967-68
Mined: 215000.000 mt
Year: 1971
Time Period: 1971-74
Mined: 400000.000 mt
Year: 1970
Time Period: 1970-71
Mined: 500000.000 mt
Year: 2009
Material type: Metal production-Cu: from Cathodes and Concentrates

Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Porphyry Cu-Breccia pipe
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Porphyry Cu

Orebody

Form: "KNIFE-LIKE SEAMS"/BRECCIA CHIMNEYS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Beaver Lake Mtns

Type: L
Structure: N 80o W striking, north-northeast-dipping fissure

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: silicic, quartz-sericite (phyllic), argillic and propylitic

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Description: dominantly quartz monzonite to granodioritic, equigranular to seriate porphyritic
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 28.400000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Host
Description: Breccia Pipe within Pluton-contained in silicified quartz monzonite of the OK stock
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Orthoclase

Comments

Comment (Ownership): According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Western Utah Copper Company (WUCC) a wholly owned subsidary of Copper King Mining Corp, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 on May 18, 2010. Before bankruptcy, WUCC claimed it had removed 1,600,000 tons of over burden and ore, and had 200,000 tons of ore ready for processing.

Comment (Production): VALUE (1917) $1,310,784

Comment (Workings): FIRST DEVELOPED BY 65 DEG INCLINE SHAFT TO 175 FT RECENT WORKINGS INCLUDED STRIPING OF THE INTRUSIVE. ONE OPEN PIT STRIKES N 45 DEG E, AND IS 150 WIDE AND 600 FT LONG AND 300 FT DEEP.

References

Reference (Deposit): Taylor, T.W., 1984, A petrological and geochemical study of the O.K. copper-molybdenum deposit, Beaver county, Utah: Abstracts and Program ? Geological Society of America, v. 16, no. 4, p. 257.

Reference (Geology): Barosh, P.J., 1960, Beaver Lake Mountains geology and ore deposits, Beaver County, Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Bulletin 68, 96 p.

Reference (Geology): Welsh, J.E., 1973, Geology of the Beaver Lake Mountains, Beaver County, Utah: in Hintze, L.F., and Whelan, J.A., editors, 1973, Geology of the Milford Area 1973: Utah Geological Association Publ. 3, pp. 49-53.

Reference (Geology): Wray, W.B., 2003b, Mines and geology of the San Francisco district, Beaver County, Utah: Unpublished report, 144 p. plus 14 plates, 2 figures, 6 tables and 70 photographs, expected to be published in Gloyn, R.W. and Park, G.M., editors, 2004, Geology of the mining camps of Utah: Utah Geological Association Publ

Reference (Development): Prenn, N., 2005, Technical Report: Milford Mineral Belt, Rocky, Beaver Lake and San Francisco Mining Districts, Beaver County, Utah, U.S.A. Prepared for: PALLADON VENTURES LTD. 8-18-2005, pp. 142 http://www.palladonventures.com/i/pdf/Palladon_Technical-Report-full.pdf
URL: http://www.palladonventures.com/i/pdf/Palladon_Technical-Report-full.pdf

Reference (Age): Lemmon, D.M., Silberman, M.L., and Kistler, R.W., 1973, Some K-Ar ages of extrusive and intrusive rocks of the San Francisco and Wah Wah Mountains, Utah, in Hintze, L.F., and Whelan, J.A., editors, 1973, Geology of the Milford Area 1973: Utah Geological Association Publ. 3, pp. 23-26.

Reference (General): Schmoker, J.W., 1972, Analysis of gravity and aeromagnetic data, San Francisco Mountains and vicinity, southwestern Utah: Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 98, d. November, 1972, 24 p.

Reference (Deposit): Taylor, T.W., 1987, Petrology and geochemistry of the O.K. copper-molybdenum deposit, Beaver County, Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Special Studies 69, pp. 27-39.

Reference (Geology): Wray, W.B., 2003a, Mines and geology of the Rocky and Beaver Lake districts, Beaver County, Utah: Unpublished report, 95 p. plus 5 plates, 1 figure, 7 tables and 10 photographs, expected to be published in Gloyn, R.W. and Park, G.M., editors, 2004, Geology of the mining camps of Utah: Utah Geological Association Publ.

Reference (Geology): Regan, M. D., and Reynolds, R. W., 1976, Milford area, Beaver County, Utah: Unpublished report for Bear Creek Mining Company, d. January, 1976, 9 p.

Reference (Development): Steininger, R, 2007, An Evaluation of Western Utah Copper Corp's Copper Deposit Holdings in Beaver County, Utah:private report, 5-8-2007

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AYLER, 1961, ORAL COMMUNICATION

Reference (Development): MDA-Western States Engineering, 1998 OK Mine Profect Feasibility Study, Vol. 1 Nevada Star Resource Corp. private report, Dec. 1998

Reference (Production): USBM MINERALS YEAR BOOK 1918 - EVERTS, M L, 1979

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B S, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PP # 111

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M L, 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reference (Geology): WHELAN, J.A., 1982, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND MINERALOGY OF THE ROCKY RANGE, NEAR MILFORD, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES NO. 57, 35 P.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B S, 1913, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REGION: USGS PP 80

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