Black Mine

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Sulfur
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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087084
MRDS ID D004666
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mine
Related records 10154973

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55996, 38.63468 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963
Relative position 2.5 MILES EAST OF DOG VALLEY PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dog Valley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 006W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Sulfur Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mt. Belknap Volcanics;Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Carbonates, Ss, And Conglomerates;Callville-Pakoon Undiff. (Host)
    Rock description Mt. Belknap Volcanics;Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Carbonates, Ss, And Conglomerates;Callville-Pakoon Undiff. (Host)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.55996, 38.63468

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin/Plateau Transition Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local N-S Trending High Angle Faults And Low Angle Glide Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 15 SE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 25.91M
    Width 24.38M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Normal Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1946

Mining district

District name Gordon/Sulphurdale

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Forminco Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.026HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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