South Black Mountain Adit

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095651
MRDS ID M058921
Record type Site
Current site name South Black Mountain Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.89329, 38.17303 (WGS84)
Elevation 2054
Relative position 6,900 FEET N 20 W FROM JOADS SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minersville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(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

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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 009W 29 NE OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic, Argillic, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.89329, 38.17303

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt, Blue Ribbon Lineament, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 20 W Striking Fracture Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 90
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone At N 20 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jarloose District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT AND ONE PROSPECT PIT. ADIT HAS AN AZIMUTH OF S 75 W AND HAS A SHORT SPAR TO THE NORTH.

Comments on development

  • ABOUT 500 FEET OF NX DRILL CORE ON SITE. CASINGS SHOWS THAT A HOLE WAS DRILLED AT S 70 W, 35 DEGREES. ORE STOCK PILED AND HAND SORTED. DRILL HOLE LIES 50 FEET, N 70 E FROM PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERICKSON, M.P., AND DASCH, J.E., 1969, VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY, MAGNETIC DATA AND ALTERATION, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE JARLOOSE MINING DISTRICT, SOUTH OF MINERSVILLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS MAP NO. 26

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS.

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCITE AND QUARTZ STOCKWORK ZONE. VEINS UP TO 1 FOOT WIDE. VEINS CONTAIN MINOR CHRYSOCOLLA ASSOCIATED WITH DARK GRAY QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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