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Preliminary report on the Apex and Paymaster mines, Washington County, Utah

Open-File Report 51-1
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr511

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Abstract

The Apex and Paymaster mines in the Tutsagubet mining district, 25 miles southwest of St. George, Utah, are at an elevation of about 5,000 feet in the Beaver Dam Mountains. The ore was deposited in a steeply dipping fault zone which cuts a thick series of gently dipping limestones of Pennsylvanian age with minor interbedded shales and sandstones. The ore now consists primarily of copper oxides, but is reported to contain small quantities of lead and sine oxides. Complete oxidation extends to the 1,400 level of the Apex mine, the deepest level in this mine. Lead oxides are reported to have been more plentiful in the workings near surface, but the stoped area is now caved to the 1,330 level. The ore bodies probably formed largely as a filling in the fault fissure, and in crushed zones along the fault, with only minor replacement extending for short distances along the bedding. The sulfides oxidized essentially in place and migration of the oxidized copper ores is believed to be limited to a few feet. Additional exploration below the known ore shoots in the Apex and Paymaster mines and along the fissure between the two mines may disclose new ore bodies.

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Kinkel, A.R., 1951, Preliminary report on the Apex and Paymaster mines, Washington County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-1, 9 p.; folded maps, 12 folded plans ;27 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr511.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Preliminary report on the Apex and Paymaster mines, Washington County, Utah
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 51-1
DOI 10.3133/ofr511
Year Published 1951
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description 9 p.; folded maps, 12 folded plans ;27 cm.
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