Black Dragon Claim

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020415
MRDS ID DC13187
Record type Site
Current site name Black Dragon Claim
Related records 10276078

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.45972, 39.85577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Relative position 1/4 MILE SW OF GALENA & UTAH MINES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 011S 014W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Concealed Intrusive
    Rock description Concealed Intrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Ls Dolomite
    Rock description Ls Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.45972, 39.85577

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including A Ne Trending Asymmetrical Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N70w & East-West

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture Zones Near A Concealed Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941
Production years ITEM 1: 1941, 1943

Mining district

District name Fish Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • AN UNKNOWN, BUT SMALL, AMOUNT OF PB ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., & MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    OLIVEIRA, M.E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1

  • Deposit

    CHRISTENSEN, W.J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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