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Copper Point

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079277
MRDS ID W028474
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Point
Related records 10179386

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.32099, 37.01807 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 1.25 MILES SOUTH OF BM, 4838, 3.5 MILES EAST OF HOSKINNINI MESA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oljato(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Navajo Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 014E 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC. 25
  • ON EAST SIDE OF JUNCTURE; ON WOODED SMALL RISE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A MASSIVE SULFIDE ORE OF INTERTWINED MINERAL GRAINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.32099, 37.01807
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 62 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0HA
    Overall length 1.52M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP ONE MILE NORTHWEST OF EMMONS MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUIDBOOK TO URANIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN U.S., USAEC 1959

  • Deposit

    1959 COMPILE USAEC GUIDBOO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION IS NOT KNOWN
Deposit OCCURRENCE ONLY; MAY EXTEND TO NORTHEAST SOUTH OF ROAD AND NORTH OF SMALL RISE; ROCK CONTAINS GRAINS AND MASSES OF SULFIDES UP TO 0.7 CM IN DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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