Black Dragon-Great Eastern Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042176
MRDS ID M058554
Record type Site
Current site name Black Dragon-Great Eastern Prospect
Alternate or previous names Black Dragon Gold-Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10412, 39.91939 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 4500 FT DUE SOUTH OF MAMMOTH PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 30 SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • BLACK DRAGON SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorpitism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Opohonga Limestone
    Rock description Opohonga Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10412, 39.91939

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N 35 E Bedding
Type of structure Local
Structure description East-West Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE TO N 15 W
    Dip 25

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABUNDANT BARITE; CONTACT WITH STOCK LIES 2000 FT S OF SHAFT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 103.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT; OLDER INCLINE NOTED IN 1872 MINING HANDBOOK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DESPOSTIS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

  • Deposit

    TOWER, G.W., AND SMITH, G.O., 1899 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOL. III, 1897-98, PAGE 756.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUTHWESTERN CONTINUATION OF GOVERNOR ORE BODY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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