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Cupric Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202692
MRDS ID D001368
MAS/MILS ID 0490010155
Record type Site
Current site name Cupric Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.30641, 38.45936 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027 S 013 W 15 NESWSW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4; SECTION 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnetization, Skarn, Marblization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Cactus Stock;Kanosh Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pogonip Formation

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.30641, 38.45936
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Basin And Range Structures
Type of structure Local
Structure name Normal Fault 2 Miles West Of Mine Hidden By Quaternary Alluviam

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10-40 E
    Dip 30-60 NW
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE IS DISTRIBUTED IN IRREGULAR BLEBS IN METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE. SAMPLES WERE TAKEN BY THE REPORTER IN 1978 FOR THE OWNER. ASSAY RESULTS WERE POOR IN WO3.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Us Vanadium Corp Homestake

Mining district

District name Frisco

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Page Blakemore
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Page Blakemore Tintic Pb Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTED 1942-1943 BY 2 ADITS 150 AND 285 FT. LONG. FEW TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO METALS RESERVE CO. IN 1943.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 64HA
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 97.54M
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

  • Deposit

    EVERETT FD 1961 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH USBM INF CIRC NO 8014

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S W, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945 D

  • Deposit

    LEMMON DM 1962 TUNGSTEN IN THE US USGS MAP MR-25

  • Deposit

    EVERT, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

  • Deposit

    1945 HOBBS, S W, 1945, USGS BULL 945-P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNGSTEN WAS DISCOVERED ON THE PROPERTY IN 1941 DIAMOND DRILLING (3 HOLES) & TRENCHING WAS DONE BY US VANADIUM CORP IN 1942-43 THE PORPERTY WAS EXPLORED BY USBM & DESERT SILVER MINING CO NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE 1943.
Deposit ADIT 150 FT LONG, DRIFT 25 FT, STOPE 25 X 10, SHAFT 320 FT, SEVERAL TRENCHES 100 X 3 X 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Elliott, James E. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 09-JUN-95 Everts, Michael L. (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-SEP-09 Illo, Diane R. Contractor

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