Black Maria Mine

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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055138
MRDS ID RE00144
Record type Site
Current site name Black Maria Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2036, 40.00022 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

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 NW OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1947 USBM: 93 PERCENT CAF2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2036, 40.00022

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description N10e Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone That Seperates Carbonate Rocks From Quartzite. The Zone Parallels The Main Fault (N 5-10 E)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer A. M. Cannon

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT, AN ADIT, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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