The High Ore is a mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 10,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,899 Feet (3,322 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.54, -109.24417
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High Ore MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Ore
Commodity
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: La Sal Mountains
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1896
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: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: La Sal Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Three Sets Of Fissures, Strikes N 40 Deg E, N 10 Deg E And N 50 Deg W
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Syenite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hedenbergite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SOME GOLD AND SILVER VALUES WOULD ALSO BE PRESENT
Comment (Deposit): ORE ZONE SPLITS 30 FT. IN FROM PORTAL
Comment (Workings): TWO DRIFTS, 130 FT AND 180 FT
References
Reference (Production): HILL, 1913 , NOTES ON NORTHERN LA SAL MOUNTAINS, GRAND CO. UTAH, USGS BULL 530
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BLAIR MC CARTHY, 1977
Reference (Deposit): 1958 COMPILE HUNT, C. B., PROFESSIONAL PAPER 294 - I, PAGE 357
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON HILL, J.M., BULL 530 P. 99 - 118
Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON BULLOCK, K.G., UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, BULL. 110
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