Mine detail: Copper Globe Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.80386, -110.91324

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Navajo Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:San Rafael Swell, Fractures
Tectonic:Stable Platform

References

MRDSW015525
DEP10089285
ReferenceHAWLEY, C.C. AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH, : USGS BULL. 123
ReporterMc Carthy, Blair M.