Iowa Copper Mine

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Silver Copper Gold Lead

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimarySilver, Copper

SecondaryGold, Lead

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit typeReplacement

Deposit sizeSmall

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite

Geology

Host rockQuartzite,Shale

Associated rockDiorite

AlterationIn The Southern End Of The Workings, The Limestone Is Intensely Bleached And Argillized Near The Bottom Of The Park City Fm.

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

Production years1916-1920

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References

CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 113.USGS MIN. RES. 1916-1920.JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 82-86.CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-24-1962JAMES, 1979, P. 85

Identification

Deposit ID10021013

MRDS IDDC14679

Alternate namesSilver King Mining Co. Group

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates40.61744, -111.56856