Copper Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092971
MRDS ID RE00226
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.91803, 39.82827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 11,600 FEET N65E OF FLINT SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keg Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 010W 25 SE OF SW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYSES SHOW THAT THE PROSPECT CONTAINS MUCH COPPER BUT LITTLE OF ANYTHING ELSE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE OF FRACTURED QUARTZITE CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE PODS CONTAINED 26 PPB AU 7.1 PPM SB, 108 PPM AS, 220 PPM BA, 230 PPM CR, 27 PPM CO, 10.0 % FE, 13 PPM MO, <50 PPM NI, <5 PPM AG, <2 PPM W, 17.0 PPM U, <200 PPM ZN, 11.05 %CU, 195 PPM PB, <1 PPM BI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Porphyry;Andesite & Latite Flow (Host);
    Rock description Granodiorite Porphyry;Andesite & Latite Flow (Host);
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite;05;
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite;05;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.91803, 39.82827

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault Just Below Prospect, Numerous Fractures, High-Angle, Ne-Striking Fault To East

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Quartzite Above Thrust

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keg Mountain Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Prospect Lies Within The Holdings Of Robert And Terry Steele

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERY SMALL PROSPECT PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NORTHERN KEG MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, IN KOPP, R.S., AND COHENOUR, R.E., EDS., CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION 16, P. 451-462.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB, MILLARD, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-185.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHALCOPYRITE OCCURES AS PODS REPLACING QUARTZITE LOCALIZED ALONG FRACTURES STRIKING N50 W, 80 SW. DEPOSIT LIES IMMEDIATELY ABOVE A THRUST FAULT AND NEAR A NE STRIKING HIGH-ANGLE FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1987 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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