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Black Hawk

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021238
MRDS ID DC15260
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hawk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40108, 39.9455 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 1 1/4 MILE NE OF MORGAN MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 005W 21 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Partly Oxidized Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Till

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40108, 39.9455
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault (N 40 W, 55 Sw), Accessory Fissures (N 60 - 70e, N, N 20 E, E), Surrounding Strata (Ew, Low N)

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.25M
    Length 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SW WALL OF FAULT IS CONGLOMERATE. NE WALL IS QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blue Bell District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 431.

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1948-1952

  • Deposit

    COHENOUR,R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG FAULTS AND ADJACENT BEDDING PLANES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1978 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

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

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