Black Rock Canyon Quarry

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Arsenic, Iron
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. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087694
MRDS ID D008632
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Canyon Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.23608, 40.71133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 4500 FEET N 20 E OF LAKE POINT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farnsworth Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 003W 19 SW OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Realgar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Limonitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.23608, 40.71133

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Folds

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N50E
    Dip 25NE
  • General form LINEAR
    Dip 25NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured And Sheared Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONES AND DOLOMITES ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND DEFORMED; MINERALIZED ZONES ARE LOCALIZED IN ALTERED ZONES; VEINS OF SILICA AND CALCITE ARE COMMON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake Point Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.197HA
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRYING IN LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITIC HOSTROCKS; VARIOUS SMALL PITS AND CHANNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, 672 P.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1935, MINOR COPPER PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN UTAH: COPPER RES. OF THE WORLD: 16TH INTER. GEOL. CONG., P 369

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.

  • Deposit

    TOOKER, E.W., AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1961, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE NORTH END OF THE OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN: UT. GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 16, P. 17-35.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE IS LOCATED ALONG BLACK ROCK FAULT ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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