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Central Black Rock Cyn. Prospects

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041943
MRDS ID M057999
Record type Site
Current site name Central Black Rock Cyn. Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20886, 40.03355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Relative position 11,400 FT. N. OF BOULTER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulter Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 003W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE NW OF SW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20886, 40.03355
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous N-S Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT COLLAPSED BUT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT. LONG, NORTH PROSPECT PIT 5 FT. BY 7 FT. BY 4 FT. DEEP, SOUTH PROSPECT 12 FT. BY 20 FT. BY 2 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUTH PROSPECT IS IN ALLUVIUM, NORTH PROSPECT AND ADIT EXPLORE IRON STAINED SHEAR ZONES IN LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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