The Black Maria #2 is a fluorine-fluorite, lead, and copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,141 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,141 Feet (1,567 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.00278, -113.20417
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Black Maria #2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Maria #2
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. F. Cannon
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Dugway Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT APPROXIMATELY 40 FT. LONG; AND SMALL SURFACE PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1972 GEOMAP STAATZ, M.H
Reference (Production): MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.
Reference (Deposit): MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE. INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., AND CAAR, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 415, 188 P.
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