Mine detail: Iowa Copper Mine

Previously called 'Silver King Western'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.61744, -111.56884

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	POD
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1906
Last production ended:	1920

Geology

Host rock:	Park City Formation;Woodside Shale
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Several Northeast Striking Normal Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Breccia, Iron-Staining, Calc-Silicate Development Near Fissures, Oxidation

References

MRDS	D011924
DEP	10106660
Reference	{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.}{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.}{Deposit:: BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.