| Deposit ID | 10088417 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02029 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vesurius Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.01864, 41.24909 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2158 |
| Relative position | WEST SLOPE OF COPPER MOUNTAIN DIRECTLY BELOW OPEN PITS OF COPPER MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Box Elder(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Patterson Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BLM Administrative Area(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Box Elder |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 006N | 019W | 10 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerussite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Guilmette Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Guilmette Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -114.01864, 41.24909 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR AND SHEET LIKE |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Lucin Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 621.79M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02029 |
BLUE, D. M., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LUCIN MINING DISTRICT, BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS.
DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVE
DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WIDELY SEPARATED THIN FISSURES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1979 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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