Blackhawk Claim

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, 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 10098072
MRDS ID DC13229
Record type Site
Current site name Blackhawk Claim
Related records 10202936

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03831, 39.57245 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position 1.0 MILE S 45 E OF MT. LAIRD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lady Laird Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 011W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Heavy Limonitic & Hemititic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite Flow
    Rock description Andesite Flow
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Limestone E (Crittenden) Host;Quartzite
    Rock description Limestone E (Crittenden) Host;Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Prospect Mountain Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Drum Mtns Homocline Diping West. A Major Normal Fault (Joy Fault) Drops Volcanic Rocks Against Basement.
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-Ne Trending Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form LENS LIKE
    Strike E-W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Carbonate Beds Along Fault Zone That Acted As Conduit For Ascending Solutions

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LODE 10 FT. OR MORE WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Detroit District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS (50 FEET DEEP.) WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF SURFACE DIGINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE DRUM MTNS, JUAB-MILLARD COUNTIES, UT: USGS BULL 1082-H.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL. 1082-H

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS HIGHLY OXIDIZED MAGNIFEROUS BODY THAT IS CONCENTRATED ALONG AN EAST-WEST FAULT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1953-61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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