Black Maria #2

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012011
MRDS ID D007317
Record type Site
Current site name Black Maria #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20499, 40.00272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1567
Relative position 2500 FT NW OF BLACK MARIA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Proving Ground SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 012W 33 SW OF SW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzites
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.20499, 40.00272

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Cannon
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT APPROXIMATELY 40 FT. LONG; AND SMALL SURFACE PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.