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Copper Blossom

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015667
MRDS ID DB01753
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Blossom
Related records 10178543

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.01303, 41.5766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 9200 FEET NORTHEAST OF NORTH LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bear-Malad(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Wellsville Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010N 002W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.01303, 41.5766
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Range

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Box Elder

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.066HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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