1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Black Rock Claims Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055181
MRDS ID RE00235
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Claims Mine
Alternate or previous names Huber-Rydalch Deposit, Baby Elephant, Strang Evening Star Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.71803, 39.93272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF DEATH CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 10S 8W 23 SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANGANESE IS NOT EASILY RECOVERABLE FROM THE PRIMARY MINERALS RHODONITE AND RHODOCHROSITE, PRESENT IN THE UNOXIDIZED PARTIONS OF THE VEIN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1954);
    Rock description Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1954);
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.71803, 39.93272
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Strikes N-S, Dips 20-25 Degrees East

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 548.64M
    Width 6.1M
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northwest And Nearly East-West

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Erickson District District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. H. Ellerbeck
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ross J. Rydaluc

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Material MN ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20 T0 30 Percent Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Material MN ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^25 Percent Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Period 1952-1953
    Material MN ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^29 Percent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 29wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 1952-1953 PRODUCTION BY H.H. ELLERBESK, A LESSEE, SOME OF THIS PRODUCTION WAS FOR BATTERY MANUFACTURING, THE REMAINDER FOR STEEL MANUFACTURING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 201.78M
    Overall length 265.18M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX SHORT ADITS WITH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS; THE WEST ADIT INCLUIDES A 45 FT. DEEP INCLINE WINZE. THE SURFACE EXCAVATIONS INCLUDES 5 OPEN CUTS TOTALING 108 FT. AND 31 TRENCHES, TOTALING 762 FT.

Comments on development

  • MAY-SEPT. 1942, TRENCHING AND UNDERGROUND WORK CONDUCTED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DESCRIBED IN R.I. 4601. 762 FT. OF SURFACE TRENCHING AND 195 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORK COMPLETED; 96 SAMPLES ASSAYED, 13042 FT. OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BATTY, J.V., AND R. HAVENS, 1952, CONCENTRATION OF OXIDE MANGANESE ORE FROM BLACK ROCK, KRAMER, AND MORGAN-CRANAR PROPERTIES, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 4818, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 979-A, P. 40-41.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., 1922, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGAN AND WASHINGTON, IN USGS BULLETIN 725, P. 210-211.

  • Production

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, P. 40; THOMAS, G.H., 1958, P.30.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX ORE BODIES LOCALIZED INTERSECTING NORTHWEST-STRIKING FAULTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site