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Big Indian Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015032
MRDS ID DB00030
Record type Site
Current site name Big Indian Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.26375, 38.2411 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position HEAD OF BIG INDIAN VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sandstone Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 024E 34 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Formation
    Rock description Dakota Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.26375, 38.2411
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Clastic Units - 10 - 15 Ft Thick Separated By 30 Ft Barren Gray-Green Shale, Lisbon Valley Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENS, PODS
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lisbon Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • STRIPPING AND OPEN PIT ALONG WITH LEACHING PONDS AND SETTLING PONDS EXTEND OVER AN AREA 5000 FT BY 2000 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED IN MEDIUM-TO-COARSE-GRAINED SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE, CONCENTRATIONS ALONG FRACTURES AND AROUND CARBONACEOUS SHALE PODS AND LENSES
Deposit DUPLICATE W017208 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Lindsey, David A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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