Black Rock Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087247
MRDS ID D005881
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Mine
Related records 10178451

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13025, 38.53663 (WGS84)
Elevation 1879
Relative position 0.75 SW OF LIME MOUNTAIN VABM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(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 026S 011W 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4 SEC 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gypsum, Pink-Orng Fe Stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Laketown Dolomite. (Lime Mtn);Beaver Lake Dolomite
    Rock description Laketown Dolomite. (Lime Mtn);Beaver Lake Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13025, 38.53663

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults & Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form VERTICAL PIPE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins & Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beaver Lake

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hampton C Burke

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 50% C I OF 1000 ST ORE, 25% C I OF 10,000 ST ORE, 10% C I GREATER THAN 10,000 ST ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall length 406.3M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS AVERAGE 300 FT DEEP, ADIT 100 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAROSH, J B, 1960, BEAVER LAKE MTNS THEIR GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, BEAVER CO, UTAH, UGMS BULL 68 P 78-80

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K C, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UGMS BULLETIN NO 88, P 2

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references