Black Hawk Mine

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055187
MRDS ID RE00251
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hawk Mine
Alternate or previous names R.E. Plough Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40274, 39.94522 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES NE OF MORGAN MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 10S 5W NW NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Partily Oxidized Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Sheeprock Series Of Cohonour (1954);
    Rock description Sheeprock Series Of Cohonour (1954);
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Till

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40274, 39.94522

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Accessory Fissures (N 60-70 E, N, N 20 E, E) Surrounding Strata (Ew, Low N)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.25M
    Length 9.14M
  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 40 W , 55 Sw Fault With Quartzite On Ne Wall, Tillite On Sw Wall.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blue Bell District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jerry Prestwich

Comments on the production information

  • 27 TONS, INCLUIDS PROD. FROM THE NEW ECLIPSE CLAIM IN 1952. ALL OF THIS WAS PB ORE. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION FROM THIS DISTRICT IS FROM THE BLACK HAWK MINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHAFTS AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 68, P.116.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAW OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1948-1952.

  • Deposit

    HEIKES, V.C., 1920, BLUE BELL DISTRICT IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 431.

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. 3, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    USBM MINERAL YEARBOOLS. 1949-1952.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE-CONTROLLED MINERALIZATION NORTH-SOUTH, NORTHEAST, AND EAST-WEST STRIKING FAULTS HAVE BRECCIATED THE QUARTZITE IN THE NE WALL OF A N40 W, S 55 W FAULT. ALONG FAULTS AND ADJACENT BEDDING PLANES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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