The Black Balsam Prospect is a lead, fluorine-fluorite, and copper mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,480 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,480 Feet (1,975 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.95694, -111.75028
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Black Balsam Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Balsam Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Santaquin District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Ownership
Owner Name: Lentz Greenhalgh
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): LOCATED BEFORE 1920, ON TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN CUTTING SHATTERED GRANITE GNEISS WITH NEARBY LAMPROPHYRE DIKE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Workings): TWO CLAIMS AND TWO ADITS. UPPER ADIT IS 251 FT. LONG, ON BLACK BALSAM NO. 1 CLAIM, THE LOWER ADIT IS 312 FT. LONG, ON BLACK BALSAM NO. 2 CLAIM
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS PROF. PA. 111.
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1918, TWO LAMPROPHYRE DIKES NEAR SANTAQUIN AND MOUNT NEBO, UT.: USGS PROF. PA. 120-E.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL. 110.
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