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Newfoundland Copper Mine

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101583
MRDS ID D005094
Record type Site
Current site name Newfoundland Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Flat
Related records 10276023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33084, 41.25603 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 1.75 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern 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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 013W 09 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Malachite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Adamellite Dikes
    Rock description Adamellite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.33084, 41.25603
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 15-40 DEG NE
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 76.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault? Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Newfoundland Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS, INCLINES AND A SHAFT FROM THE SURFACE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: AN ATTEMPT TO LEACH THE ORE WAS MADE AT MINE MOUTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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