Black Dragon Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021253
MRDS ID DC15290
Record type Site
Current site name Black Dragon Mine
Alternate or previous names End Line, Metal States Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.21165, 39.99077 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 1 3/4 MILE W. OF RAINBOW MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Range NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 012W 05,04 NE OF NE OF NE (05) Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ochre Mtn Ls Hydorthermally Altered To Dolomite

Analytical data

Result BRECHON (1934): 3.8% CU
Result CHIP SAMPLE FROM WINZE: 0.51% PB, 0.63% ZN
Result 10.87% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mtn Quartzite;Ochre Mtn. Ls And Dolomite
    Rock description Prospect Mtn Quartzite;Ochre Mtn. Ls And Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.21165, 39.99077

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Claim Is Along A Fault Forming The Sw Side Of A Graben (Attitude Nw, 30 Deg. Ne

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 30 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Fault Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM MINE ARE COMBINED WITH SMELTER CANYON AND FOUR METALS MINES PRODUCTION AND LISTED IN STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 415

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 85.34M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 60 DEG DECLINE 250 FT. DEEP; A 250 FT. DRIFT AT THE 120 FT LEVEL; A 160 FT DRIFT AT 200 FT LEVEL. AN 80 FT ADIT IS LOCATED 160 FT SW OF DECLINE. A THIRD SET OF WORKINGS IS LOCATED ON A FAULT ZONE 210 FT W-NW, INCLUDES A 68 FT WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: STAATZ & CARR, 1964 USGS PP 415 P. 177

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. & MIN DEP OF THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB CO., UT.: USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO QUAD, DUGWAY RANGE NW, 7.5', 1953

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 07-29-1970

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, USGS PP 415

  • Production

    STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, U.S.G.S. PROF PAP 415

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN LS. HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED TO DOLOMITE AND INTENSLY FRACTURED. THE DOLOMITE IS THE HANGING WALL OF THE FAULT.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Eads, James P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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