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Ridge Copper

Occurrence in Kane county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015373
MRDS ID DB00938
Record type Site
Current site name Ridge Copper
Alternate or previous names Surprise
Related records 10130503

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.97854, 37.46721 (WGS84)
Elevation 1789

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slickrock Bench(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smoky Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Paria(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 002W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limenization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Thousand Pockets Tongue Of Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Thousand Pockets Tongue Of Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.97854, 37.46721
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD AND PIPE-LIKE
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 2 DEG W
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Disturbed Sandstone Areas

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cannonville Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ruland Veater
    Home office Panguitch,Ut.

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SCRAPPINGS - ONE DIGGING 5 FT. X 5 FT. X 5 FT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED PODS AND PIPES OVER 5 % OF AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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