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Copper Butte

Unknown in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154888
MAS/MILS ID 0490310017
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Butte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29438, 38.49467 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027 S 004 W 03 NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Area 0.02HA
    Depth to top 31M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Total Surface Area (HA) .02
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Mountain Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .56
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. CHEMICAL COATING
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 15
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    2nd Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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