Utah · San Juan County
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Lisbon Valley Copper

San Juan County, Utah, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSediment-hosted Cu, red-bed
Model203: Sediment-hosted Cu, red-bed
Orebody formstrata-bound
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Brochantite, Malachite, Azurite
GangueCalcite, Goethite, Jarosite, Pyrite, Marcasite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · "Dakota Sandstone", "Burro Canyon Formation"
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1970
Last production2007
Identification
Deposit ID10276693
MRDS IDW017284
Alternate namesLisbon Valley Potash Area, Lisbon Valley Project, St Mary, St Mary's Copper Mine, Centinnial, Sentinel, GTO
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.19719, -109.20849
References
Buffington, Darrel L., P.E., King, Nelson D., Stevens, Mark G., C.P.G., Tschabrun, Donald B., 2005, Technical Report of the Lisbon Valley Copper Project, San Juan County, Utah; Prepared for Constellation Copper Corporation by Pincock, Allen & Holt, Mining Consultants, September 22, 2005, 108 pages.High Country News, February 18, 2008.DIX GP JR 1954 URANIUM DEPOSITS BIG INDIAN WASH SAN JUAN CO UTAH USAEC RME 4022 REVISACHSEN YW 1954 ORE DEPOSITS BIG INDIAN WASH AREA GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO 9 UGAWOOD HB, 1968 GEOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN LISBON VALLEY AREA UTAH, IN RIDGE ed ORE DEPOSITS OF US, GRATON SALES VOL 1, AIME\nP 771-789NEW YORK AIMETHE DENVER POST, THURSDAY, AUG. 10, 1995.RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P399."SUMMO MINERALS FINANCING COMMITMENT FOR LISBON VALLEY." FROM POINT CAST BUSINESS WIRE, 3-5-97.THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #42, OCT., 16, 1996, P1.THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #45, NOV., 6, 1996, P1.THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #46, NOV., 13, 1996, P3.THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #1, JAN. 1, 1997, P1.THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #6, FEB. 5, 1997, P1.THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #15, APR. 9, 1997, P1.PAY DIRT, #693, MARCH, 1997, P14.SUMMO MINERALS PRESS RELEASE, 5-27-96.THE NORTHERN MINER, 6-2-97, P.14.Weir, G. W., and Puffett, W. P., 1960, Similarities of uranium-vanadium and copper deposits in the Lisbon Valley area, Utah-\nColorado,USA: Internat. Geol. Cong., 21st, Copenhagen 1960,\nProc., p. 133-148.Morrison, S. J., and Parry, W. T. 1986, Formation of Carbonate-Sulfate Veins Associated with Copper Ore Deposits from Saline Basin Brines, Lisbon Valley, Utah: Fluid Inclusion and Isotopic Evidence: Econ Geol Vol., 81 pp. 1853-1866MINING RECORD. V106/N28. JULY 12, 1995. P.5.RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P315.