Utah · Salt Lake County
Past Producer
Ohio Copper Co.
Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Copper Zinc 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
PrimaryCopper, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit sizeSmall
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureShattered Quartzite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
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References
USBM MIN. RES. 1918 - 1950MAC FARLANE, J., 1909 , THE OHIO COPPER CO., BINGHAM, UTAH: MIN. WORLD, V. 30 , P. 345 - 348WORMSER, F.E., 1923 , LEACHING A COPPER MINE: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. PRESS, V. 116 , NO. 16 , P. 665 - 670WORMSER, F.E., 1924 , PROGRESS IN LEACHING THE OHIO COPPER MINE: ENG AND MIN. JOUR PRESS VOL. 118 , NO. 4 , P. 124 - 127 .
Identification
Deposit ID10102100
MRDS IDDC14140
Alternate namesErie, Columbia
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.52977, -112.12911
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.