| Deposit ID | 10100693 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011925 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Apex Tunnel |
| Alternate or previous names | Silver King Western, Crystal-Elgin, Kennelly Ground, Scott, Silver King Coalition Mines Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.5605, 40.61938 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2957 |
| Relative position | 2600 FT S51E FROM SCOTT HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jordan(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 003E | 25 | SW OF NW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | OVERALL ORE GRADES GIVEN IN PRODUCTION SECTION |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Diorite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Diorite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Woodside Shale |
| Rock description | Woodside Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -111.5605, 40.61938 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northeast Striking Fissures, North Striking Dike |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N25E TO N45E |
| Dip | 80 SE |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 SE |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| Year of last production | 1908 |
| District name | Big Cottonwood District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Silver King Western Manufacturing Co. |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Year | 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1906-1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^12.9% Cu, 1.5% Cu, 11.9 Oz/Ton Ag, .018 Oz/Ton Au | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 335.28M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011925 |
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
JAMES, L.P., 1979
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TUNNEL PROBABLY FOLLOWS ONE MAJOR FISSURE DEPOSIT WITH LOCAL PODS OF REPLACEMENT MINERALIZATION. PROBABLY SOME CALC-SILICATE HOSTED MINERALIZATION TOO |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1984 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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