| Deposit ID | 10011300 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005883 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Mountain Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.08469, 38.54718 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Relative position | 2 MILES NE OF LIME MTN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lime Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026S | 011W | 16 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt |
| (1) | -113.08469, 38.54718 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ene Trending Overthrust And Overturned Syncline. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40W |
| Dip | 90 |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 167.64M |
| Width | 121.92M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Beaver Lake |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.438HA |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Overall length | 304.8M |
| Overall width | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005883 |
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
LIVINGSTON, D E, 1961, STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BEAVER LAKE MTNS MASTERS THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80
1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111
1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68
1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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