The Black Bart Prospect is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,050 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,050 Feet (1,844 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.32611, -113.16111
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Black Bart Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Bart Prospect
Secondary: Black Bart #1 and #2
Commodity
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Louis Lessing
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1973
Discovery Year: 1972
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Colorado Plateau/Basin & Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Eastward Dipping Homocline (Star Range) Believed To Be Part Of An Eastward Moving Thrust Plate.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Silification, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PITS AND DOZER CUTS
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OF FLUORITE IS COLORLESS, GRAY, WHITE AND PALE GREEN REPLACEMENTS OF LIMESTONE
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 35.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111
Reference (Deposit): BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UTAH P HD THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU STUDIES V 9
Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B
Reference (Deposit): 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3
Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, KC, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL 110 P 11
Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO, UT, UGMS SPEC S 46
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973; UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL 3.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, LI, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22.
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