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OK Mine

Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Iron
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Reserves and resources
  21. Workings at the site
  22. Links to other databases
  23. Bibliographic references
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101379
MRDS ID D000632
Record type Deposit
Current site name OK Mine
Alternate or previous names OK Copper, South Utah Copper Project, Bawana, Eagle, Milford, Cortex, Mary 1, Western Utah Copper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13136, 38.48329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position 1/2 MILE NORTH OF BLUE ACRE TOWN SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 011W 06 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic
  • (Local) silicic, quartz-sericite (phyllic), argillic and propylitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock type qualifier dominantly quartz monzonite to granodioritic, equigranular to seriate porphyritic
    Rock unit name OK Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Chronological age 28.4
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock type qualifier Breccia Pipe within Pluton-contained in silicified quartz monzonite of the OK stock
    Rock unit name OK Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13136, 38.48329
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Beaver Lake Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure name N 80o W striking, north-northeast-dipping fissure

Ore body information

  • General form "KNIFE-LIKE SEAMS"/BRECCIA CHIMNEYS
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 63 N
    Length 21.34M
    Width 10.67M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure System (One N-S) (One East-West) Main Fissure N 80 Deg W Is In Fault Gouge

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Beaver Lake Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Copper King Mining Corp
    Interest 100
    Home office Milford UT 84751
    Year 2010
    First year 2008
  • Type Operator
    Owner Palladon Ventures Ltd
    Home office Vancouver BC V6Z 1S4
    Last year 2008
  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Utah Copper Co (Copper King Mining)

Comments on the ownership information

  • According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Western Utah Copper Company (WUCC) a wholly owned subsidary of Copper King Mining Corp, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 on May 18, 2010. Before bankruptcy, WUCC claimed it had removed 1,600,000 tons of over burden and ore, and had 200,000 tons of ore ready for processing.

Production statistics

  • Year 1900
    Period 1900-1954
    Ore mined 12000mt
  • Year 1903
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^40% Cu Assay
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 40wt-pct
  • Year 1967
    Period 1967-68
    Ore mined 215000mt
  • Year 1970
    Period 1970-71
    Ore mined 500000mt
    Accuracy Accurate
  • Year 1971
    Period 1971-74
    Ore mined 400000mt
    Accuracy Accurate
  • Year 2009
    Material Metal production-Cu: from Cathodes and Concentrates
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Primary Copper Copper 26300mt

Comments on the production information

  • VALUE (1917) $1,310,784

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Indicated 1055000mt ore
    Remarks Historic Resource Estimate (Joralemon, 1980)
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 1.21 wt-pct Copper Primary 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Measured 4300000mt ore
    Indicated 4300000mt ore
    Demonstrated 8600000mt ore
    Inferred 4300000mt ore
    Total resources 12900000mt ore
    Remarks copied from OK Maria Deposit ID 10154655 (deleted)\nRESERVE ESTIMATE REFERENCE: THE NORTHERN MINER, MAR 11, 1971
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 1.44 wt-pct Copper Primary 1971
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Major 1961
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.04 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1961

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 52.57HA
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST DEVELOPED BY 65 DEG INCLINE SHAFT TO 175 FT RECENT WORKINGS INCLUDED STRIPING OF THE INTRUSIVE. ONE OPEN PIT STRIKES N 45 DEG E, AND IS 150 WIDE AND 600 FT LONG AND 300 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Development

    Prenn, N., 2005, Technical Report: Milford Mineral Belt, Rocky, Beaver Lake and San Francisco Mining Districts, Beaver County, Utah, U.S.A. Prepared for: PALLADON VENTURES LTD. 8-18-2005, pp. 142
    http://www.palladonventures.com/i/pdf/Palladon_Technical-Report-full.pdf

  • Age

    Lemmon, D.M., Silberman, M.L., and Kistler, R.W., 1973, Some K-Ar ages of extrusive and intrusive rocks of the San Francisco and Wah Wah Mountains, Utah, in Hintze, L.F., and Whelan, J.A., editors, 1973, Geology of the Milford Area 1973: Utah Geological Association Publ. 3, pp. 23-26.

  • General

    Schmoker, J.W., 1972, Analysis of gravity and aeromagnetic data, San Francisco Mountains and vicinity, southwestern Utah: Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 98, d. November, 1972, 24 p.

  • Geology

    Regan, M. D., and Reynolds, R. W., 1976, Milford area, Beaver County, Utah: Unpublished report for Bear Creek Mining Company, d. January, 1976, 9 p.

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Geology

    Wray, W.B., 2003a, Mines and geology of the Rocky and Beaver Lake districts, Beaver County, Utah: Unpublished report, 95 p. plus 5 plates, 1 figure, 7 tables and 10 photographs, expected to be published in Gloyn, R.W. and Park, G.M., editors, 2004, Geology of the mining camps of Utah:
    Utah Geological Association Publ.

  • Development

    MDA-Western States Engineering, 1998 OK Mine Profect Feasibility Study, Vol. 1 Nevada Star Resource Corp. private report, Dec. 1998

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B S, 1913, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REGION: USGS PP 80

  • Geology

    Wray, W.B., 2003b, Mines and geology of the San Francisco district, Beaver County, Utah: Unpublished report, 144 p. plus 14 plates, 2 figures, 6 tables and 70 photographs, expected to be published in Gloyn, R.W. and Park, G.M., editors, 2004, Geology of the mining camps of Utah: Utah Geological Association Publ

  • Development

    Steininger, R, 2007, An Evaluation of Western Utah Copper Corp's Copper Deposit Holdings in Beaver County, Utah:private report, 5-8-2007

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B S, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PP # 111

  • Geology

    Welsh, J.E., 1973, Geology of the Beaver Lake Mountains, Beaver County, Utah: in Hintze, L.F., and Whelan, J.A., editors, 1973, Geology of the Milford Area 1973: Utah Geological Association Publ. 3, pp. 49-53.

  • Geology

    Barosh, P.J., 1960, Beaver Lake Mountains geology and ore deposits, Beaver County, Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Bulletin 68, 96 p.

  • Deposit

    Taylor, T.W., 1987, Petrology and geochemistry of the O.K. copper-molybdenum deposit, Beaver County, Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Special Studies 69, pp. 27-39.

  • Production

    USBM MINERALS YEAR BOOK 1918 - EVERTS, M L, 1979

  • Geology

    WHELAN, J.A., 1982, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND MINERALOGY OF THE ROCKY RANGE, NEAR MILFORD, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES NO. 57, 35 P.

  • Deposit

    Taylor, T.W., 1984, A petrological and geochemical study of the O.K. copper-molybdenum deposit, Beaver county, Utah: Abstracts and Program ? Geological Society of America, v. 16, no. 4, p. 257.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AYLER, 1961, ORAL COMMUNICATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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