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Black Point Nw Prospect

Occurrence in Utah 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041972
MRDS ID M058064
Record type Site
Current site name Black Point Nw Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.98329, 40.16605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1551
Relative position 4,300 FT N 46 W OF BLACK POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soldiers Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 001W 32 NE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Group
    Rock description Salt Lake Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.98329, 40.16605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lake Mountain Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Soldiers Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall length 3.66M
    Overall width 2.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT FOUR FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 41, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH CO., UTAH: DEPT. OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CIR. NO. 35, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIT DUG ON IRON STAINED TRAVERTINE BELOW BASALT CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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