Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Manganese
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR, LENTICULAR
Ore controlNw Striking Joints And Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Malachite, Pyrite, Turquoise, Uraninite
GangueQuartz, Specularite
Geology
Host rockGranite
StructureBasin And Range, South Flank Fault Of Sheeprock Mountains Striking Approx. N45w.
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1908
Identification
Deposit ID10055150
MRDS IDRE00168
Alternate namesCopper Jack Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.91077, -112.50941
References
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 5948, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAHCOHENOUR, R.E., 1963, BERYLLIUM AND ASSOC. MINERALIZATION IN THE SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS., IN BOWYER, BEN, AND OTHERS, BERYLLIUM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 17, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAHCOHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS.: UGMS BULL. 63, P. 117HARRIS, DEVERLE, 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE DUTCH PEAK AREA, SHEEPROCK RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBL. M.S. THESIS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV., PROVO, UTAH; REF. 5 LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, P. 428-429; REF. 6 USGS, 1929, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., P. 632; REF. 7 USGS, 1930, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., P. 606USGS, 1929, MIN. RES. OF U.S., P. 632