| Deposit ID | 10095902 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00174 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blackjack Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Empire Mines Co. Includes Boston Tintic District Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.11329, 39.92606 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2123 |
| Relative position | 3200 FT S 50 W FROM MAMMOTH PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 10S | 2W | 30 | NE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Silver City Stock; | ||||
| Rock description | Silver City Stock; | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Ajax Dolomite; Opohonga Limestone |
| Rock description | Ajax Dolomite;Opohonga; |
| (1) | -112.11329, 39.92606 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne Fissures |
| General form | GOSSAN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N TO NE |
| Dip | 80 AVERAGE |
| General form | GOSSAN |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 AVERAGE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| District name | Tintic District District District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Empire Mines Co. |
| Home office | Provo, Ut |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield) |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 213.36M |
| Overall depth | 487.68M |
| Overall length | 1609.3M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00174 |
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO 12, 183 P.
MIRRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO SIGNIFICANT ORE FOUND, GOSSAN REPORTEDLY DISAPPEARS AT 200 LEVEL WHICH CUTS IT. |
| Deposit | STRONG FISSURES S SW FOR 700 FEET ON 1400 LEVEL. FAILD TO YIELD SUBSTANTIAL ORE. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. (Tripp, Bryce T.) | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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