Iowa Copper Mine

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Copper Gold Silver

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Commodities

PrimaryCopper, Gold, Silver

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Orebody formPOD

Ore controlFavorable Beds, Fissures

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite

GangueHematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockShale,Sandstone,Limestone · Park City Formation;Woodside Shale

StructureUinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Several Northeast Striking Normal Faults

Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline

AlterationSilicification Of Breccia, Iron-Staining, Calc-Silicate Development Near Fissures, Oxidation

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1906

Last production1920

Discovery year1875

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References

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.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.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.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

Identification

Deposit ID10106660

MRDS IDD011924

Alternate namesSilver King Western

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates40.61744, -111.56884