| Deposit ID | 10092971 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00226 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Hill Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.91803, 39.82827 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1670 |
| Relative position | 11,600 FEET N65E OF FLINT SPRING |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 011S | 010W | 25 | SE OF SW OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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 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); | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Prospect Mountain Quartzite;05; |
| Rock description | Prospect Mountain Quartzite;05; |
| (1) | -112.91803, 39.82827 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Keg Mountain Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Prospect Lies Within The Holdings Of Robert And Terry Steele |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00226 |
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.
MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.
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.
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1987 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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