Mine detail: Copper Blossum

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.05492, -113.77085

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Crater Island Stock
Associated type:Monzonite
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Marbleization

References

MRDSDB02067
DEP10015818
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III .}{Deposit:: SCHAEFFER, F. E., AND ANDERSON, W. L., 1960 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAINS, BOX ELDER AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH, AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UTAH GEOL. SOC. BULLETIN 15 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, IN PREP., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON B. S. BUTLER, PROF. PAPER 111}{Deposit:: 1974 MINEMAP UGMS - DOELLING IN PREP.}{Production:: US BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1934 - 1948 .}{Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.