Cupric Mine

The Cupric Mine is a tungsten mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,050 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cupric Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Frisco

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Page Blakemore Tintic Pb Co.

Owner Name: Page Blakemore
Info Year: 1979

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: 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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Structure: Normal Fault 2 Miles West Of Mine Hidden By Quaternary Alluviam

Type: R
Structure: Basin And Range Structures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Garnetization, Skarn, Marblization

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TUNGSTEN WAS DISCOVERED ON THE PROPERTY IN 1941 DIAMOND DRILLING (3 HOLES) & TRENCHING WAS DONE BY US VANADIUM CORP IN 1942-43 THE PORPERTY WAS EXPLORED BY USBM & DESERT SILVER MINING CO NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE 1943.

Comment (Deposit): ADIT 150 FT LONG, DRIFT 25 FT, STOPE 25 X 10, SHAFT 320 FT, SEVERAL TRENCHES 100 X 3 X 3

Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE IS DISTRIBUTED IN IRREGULAR BLEBS IN METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE. SAMPLES WERE TAKEN BY THE REPORTER IN 1978 FOR THE OWNER. ASSAY RESULTS WERE POOR IN WO3.

Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4; SECTION 15

Comment (Production): PROSPECTED 1942-1943 BY 2 ADITS 150 AND 285 FT. LONG. FEW TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO METALS RESERVE CO. IN 1943.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1945 HOBBS, S W, 1945, USGS BULL 945-P

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reference (Deposit): EVERT, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S W, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945 D

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON DM 1962 TUNGSTEN IN THE US USGS MAP MR-25

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT FD 1961 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH USBM INF CIRC NO 8014

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