| Deposit ID | 10055140 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00151 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copperopolis Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Ida Lull, Bamberger Mine |
| Related records | 10179275 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.80056, 40.15715 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1682 |
| Relative position | SE OF GOLD HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 017W | 06 | NE OF NE OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 1917-1919: .11 OZ/TON AU, 5.5 OZ/TON AG, 5.6 %CU, .6% PB. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Ochre Mountain Limestone; |
| Rock description | Ochre Mountain Limestone; |
| (1) | -113.80056, 40.15715 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Vertical Shear Zone Along Contact |
| General form | TABULAR TO PIPELIKE |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 502.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00151 |
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177, P.125.
USGS MIN. RES. 1916, 1917, 1918
EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 83, P.28.
EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHOOTS ARE DEVELOPED ALONG QUARTZ MONZONITE-JASPEROID CONTACT IN SEVERAL ORE SHOOTS. 2-3 FT WIDE AND STRIKING N02E |
| Deposit | ADIT ALONG 4-10 FT WIDE JASPEROID IS FOUND 1500 FT S44W OF PORTAL. ADIT IS STRAIGHT AND 60 FT LONG. JASPEROID ZONE TRENDS N25W AND EXTENDS ANOTHER 150 FT TO THE NORTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1978 | Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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