| Deposit ID | 10088447 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15467 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dixie Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Apex, Pen, Dixie-Apex, Utah-Eastern Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.8047, 37.0697 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1682 |
| Relative position | 6000 FEET SOUTHWEST OF JARVIS PEAK; 22.5 KM W OF ST. GEORGE AND 9 KM N OF THE ARIZONA BORDER. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washington(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Jarvis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Washington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 043S | 017W | 06 | NE4 OF SW4 OF SW4 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gallium Critical | Primary |
| Germanium Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Aurichalcite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Hydrozincite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Adamite | Gangue |
| Rosasite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Result | GOETHITE AS MUCH AS 0.5% GE, HEMATITE AS MUCH AS 0.7% GE, LIMONITE AS MUCH AS 0.5% GE AND 2% GA, JAROSITE AS MUCH AS 0.7% GA |
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| Model code | 233 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 32c |
| Deposit model name | Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn (BC name is Carbonate-hosted Cu) |
| Mark3 model number | none |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Callville Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Callville Limestone | ||||
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| (1) | -113.8047, 37.0697 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Beaver Dam Mts., A Nw-Trending Uplift At The Boundary Between The Basin And Range Province And The Colorado Plateau |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Apex Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR, BRANCHING, CHIMNEY-LIKE BODIES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 DEG E |
| Dip | 45 DEG SW |
| Thickness | 20M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1884 |
| Production years | INTERMITTENTLY 1884-1962, REOPENED IN 1985 |
| District name | Tutsagubet |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Coastal Mining Co. |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 110000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 3048M |
| Overall depth | 425M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15467 |
PERRY, LEE I. & BLAIR M. MCCARTHY, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH-1976: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE REPORT #22 P. 522-525
BULLOCK, K.C., 1967, MINERALS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN #76, P. 237
BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER #111 672 P.
CONSV. COMP. DATE, 01-04-1971
BERNSTEIN, L.R., 1986, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE APEX GERMANIUM-GALLIUM MINE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1577, 9 P.
1976 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE
L.I. PERRY, 1979; BERNSTEIN, 1986, P. 1.
BERNSTEIN, 1986, P. 5.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE APEX MINE IS THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO BE OPERATED PRIMARILY FOR GERMANIUM AND GALLIUM AND IS THE FIRST MINE TO OXIDIZE SULFIDE ORE FOR THESE ELEMENTS. |
| Deposit | NW STRIKE LENGTH OF AT LEAST 107 M CONFIRMED BY DRILLING |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1979 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1981 | Perry, Lee I. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1990 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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