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Copper Cliffs

Prospect in Kane county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Manganese
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088208
MRDS ID DB01113
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Cliffs
Related records 10155194

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.99576, 37.07138 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 1/2 MI. N OF KAIBAB GULCH ALONG COCKCOMB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Clark Bench(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smoky Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Paria(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 002W Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Tr Moenave , Kayenta Formation
    Rock description Tr Moenave , Kayenta Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description East Kaibab Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 55 DEG SE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 83.82M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures (Fault)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paria River

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 115.82M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • HORIZONTAL ADIT 320' , 50'+ SHAFT; ANOTHER SHAFT UNKNOWN DEPTH, SURFACE BLASTING

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MALACHITE COLLECTING LOCALITY, CUT & FILL FRACTURES, CEMENT BRECCIA. DIP VARIES 45 TO 65 DEG SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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