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Copper King Prospect

Occurrence in Washington 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011066
MRDS ID D005273
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.91053, 37.10415 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 5.5 MILES NORTH OF CASTLE CLIFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Cliff(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)

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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 018W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss
    Rock description Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.91053, 37.10415
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Beaver Dam Mtn.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tutsagubet

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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