Copperopolis Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055140
MRDS ID RE00151
Record type Site
Current site name Copperopolis Mine
Alternate or previous names Ida Lull, Bamberger Mine
Related records 10179275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.80056, 40.15715 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position SE OF GOLD HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 017W 06 NE OF NE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Metamorphism Of The Limestone

Analytical data

Result 1917-1919: .11 OZ/TON AU, 5.5 OZ/TON AG, 5.6 %CU, .6% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ochre Mountain Limestone;
    Rock description Ochre Mountain Limestone;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.80056, 40.15715

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vertical Shear Zone Along Contact

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO PIPELIKE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Jasperoid-Quartz Monzonite Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • A MASS OF THE JASPEROID ROCK IS FORMED ALONG THE FAULT PASSING THROUGH THE CREST OF GOLD HILL. THE IGNEOUS BODY PRESENT IS THE JURASSIC GOLD HILL STOCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ALSO PRODUCTION IN 1929, 1930, 1934

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SPOTTY LOW GRADE OCCURRENCES REMAIN IN THE MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 502.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 9X12X30 FT DEEP FOUND 200 FT NORTH OF PORTAL WHICH SHOWS NO MINERALIZATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOOTS ARE DEVELOPED ALONG QUARTZ MONZONITE-JASPEROID CONTACT IN SEVERAL ORE SHOOTS. 2-3 FT WIDE AND STRIKING N02E
Deposit ADIT ALONG 4-10 FT WIDE JASPEROID IS FOUND 1500 FT S44W OF PORTAL. ADIT IS STRAIGHT AND 60 FT LONG. JASPEROID ZONE TRENDS N25W AND EXTENDS ANOTHER 150 FT TO THE NORTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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