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Iowa Copper Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021013
MRDS ID DC14679
Record type Site
Current site name Iowa Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver King Mining Co. Group
Related records 10179473

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.56856, 40.61744 (WGS84)
Elevation 2720
Relative position ONE MILE NE OF BRIGHTON

Site location context

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)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 25,26 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) In The Southern End Of The Workings, The Limestone Is Intensely Bleached And Argillized Near The Bottom Of The Park City Fm.

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED AT 15 - 20 % CU IN 1916

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.56856, 40.61744
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL DIKES CUT ACROSS THE BEDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1916-1920

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Comments on the production information

  • 900 TONS OF COPPER ORE SHIPPED BETWEEN 1916 - 1919 .

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 2800 FT ADIT WITH INCLINE SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERGROUND. 15%-20% CU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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