Murray Copper and Victor Claims

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042071
MRDS ID M058287
Record type Site
Current site name Murray Copper and Victor Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77162, 40.61633 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3,600 FT. S 45 W OF LEDGEMERE PICNIC GROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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)

Twin Peaks Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 002E 30 NW OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON; VICTOR CLAIMS ARE LOCATED WEST OF THE MURRAY COPPER GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE 2.4 PPM AG, .14 PPM AU, 2100 PPM CU, 40 PPM PB, 160 PPM ZN, 9 PPM MO, 40 PPM CO, 40 PPM NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Big Cottonwood
    Rock description Big Cottonwood

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77162, 40.61633

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood Canyon Mouth Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAIN TUNNEL OF THE MURRAY COPPER GROUP IS 467 FT. LONG. THE VICTOR TUNNEL IS 65 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 114, P. 49, FIGURE 5.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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