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Copper Belt Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10088071
MRDS ID DB00518
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Belt Mine
Related records 10155429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33078, 38.42941 (WGS84)
Elevation 2825
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES EAST BY NORTHEAST OF COPPER BELT PEAK IN CALIFORNIA GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 4W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33078, 38.42941
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Ohio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, A SHAFT AND TWO PROSPETS. THE WORKINGS ARE CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 43 - 44

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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