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Copper Wedge Claim

Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010576
MRDS ID D004357
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Wedge Claim
Related records 10130342

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26415, 39.46273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 17900 FT. NE OF ROBBERS ROOST SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swasey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 013W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Garnet

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Swasey Ls (Host);Whirlwind Formation;Dome Ls
    Rock description Swasey Ls (Host);Whirlwind Formation;Dome Ls
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26415, 39.46273
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Plunge 16
    Plunge direction EAST
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 7.62M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Systems (N-S & E-W)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name House Range

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clarence Gardner
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.002HA
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 3.05M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A LARGE CALCITE VEIN THAT STRIKES PARALLEL TO THE DIP OF THE BEDS (EAST AT 16 DEGREES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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