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Columbus-Rexall Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041785
MRDS ID M057561
Record type Site
Current site name Columbus-Rexall Mine
Related records 10130285

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.64217, 40.58966 (WGS84)
Elevation 2615
Relative position 8,150 FT S 85 E OF SUPERIOR PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(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 003S 003E 05 NE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THIS LOCATION INCLUDES: OLD COLUMBUS EXTENSION, REXALL SILVER AND COPPER MINING, WASATCH MINES CO. MINERAL VEINS COALITION MINES CO. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite;Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite;Deseret Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.64217, 40.58966
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alta Overthrust, East And West Howland Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Steep Fissures With The Alta Thrust Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS WHERE CAMB. TINTIC QUARTZITE, OPHIR FM. AND MAXFIELD LIMESTONE ARE THRUST OVER MISS. DESERET ALONG ALTA THRUST ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alta United Mines Co.
    Home office 620 Commercial Bank, Midland, Tx. 79701

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period 1917-1918
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.29 Oz/Ton Au, 32.4 Oz/Ton Ag, 13.9 % Cu, 3.8 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 14wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 915g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 9g/mt
  • Year 1926
    Period 1917-1926
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.02 Oz/Ton Au, 16.03 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.4 % Cu, 18.5 % Pb, 31 % Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 31wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 19wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 453g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION FIGURES; FIGURES FOR 1959-1962 PROBABLY ALL FROM WASATCH DRAIN TUNNEL

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL EXTENT OF WORKING IS APPROXIMATELY 14,000 FT. MAIN ENTRY IS HOWLAND AND COLUMBUS AND REXALL TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 69-71.

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA UTAH: USGS PP 201. PG. 117.

  • Production

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 71.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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