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Copper Mtn. Group

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Tungsten
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087177
MRDS ID D005389
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mtn. Group
Alternate or previous names Salt Lake Copper Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.01614, 41.24464 (WGS84)
Elevation 2249
Relative position CREST OF COPPER MOUNTAIN ALONG CREST OF NORTHERN PILOT RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patterson Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 019W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Halloysite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization, Argillitization

Analytical data

Result CU 3%, FE 11.4%, ZN 0.1%, NO LEAD, AG 0.2 OZ/TON, AU TRACE, AND WO2 0.02%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Patterson Pass Stock
    Rock description Patterson Pass Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Goilmette Formation
    Rock description Goilmette Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.01614, 41.24464
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Copper Mountain Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 30 DEG EAST
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North-South Fracturing And Favorable Carbonate Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • STOCK EXPOSED 0.5 MILE TO SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lucin Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Uranium Petroleum Corp.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1960
    Total resources 36000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1960
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1960
    Total resources 58000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1960
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1960
    Total resources 1360000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1960

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE HAS MILLING PROBLEMS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.121HA
    Length 1280.16M
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 LARGE OPEN PITS AT SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: BLUE, 1960, P. 110 OF REMAINING LOW GRADE ORE

  • Deposit

    RYAN, G.H., 1914, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS IN LUCIN MINING DISTRICT: SALT LAKE MIN. REV. 16, APRIL 30

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, P. 83.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, UPDATED 1976, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 88, P. 14-15.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON B.S. BUTLER, PROF. PAP. 111

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON D.M. BLUE-U OF U M.S. THESIS

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    BLUE, 1960, P. 91

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 3 SEPARATE ORE BODIES WITHIN A DISTANCE OF 2,000 FEET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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